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DAVID NELSON HEBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1949 – October 25, 1969
Service recordDavid Nelson Hebert, of Kirkland, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 117
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Kirkland, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 117
- MILBERT WALTER HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 25, 1969
- FLORENCIO Q MARQUEZCorporal · October 25, 1969
- CARL EVERETT OLDFIELDPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN OLLIKAINENSergeant · October 25, 1969
From Kirkland
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- GAIL WARD THOMSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE HULBERTCorporal · August 21, 1969
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 1971
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.