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DAVID NEIL HEAD
Captain · U.S. Army
January 11, 1945 – February 20, 1971
Service recordDavid Neil Head, of Arkansas City, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 124
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Officer (4823)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Arkansas City, Kansas (Cowley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 124
- DANIEL JOHN HOHMANCorporal · February 20, 1971
- JOHN CLARK HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- RANDOLPH LEROY JOHNSONSergeant First Class · February 20, 1971
- ROBERT WAYNE JOHNSONTechnical Sergeant · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER L CLEARWATERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 123
- BRIAN WALLACE KONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 125
- WILLIAM WALTER MALONESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 125
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 126
From Arkansas City
- JOHN WEBSTER FINCHSpecialist Four · June 30, 1965
- PETER MARTINEZSergeant · January 21, 1966
- BLAINE LEROY HONEYCUTTSergeant First Class · March 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.