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DAVID NORMAN WOLFE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1947 – January 23, 1967
Service recordDavid Norman Wolfe, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 72
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 72
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS WUCINSKIPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH BARBEESpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- RICHARD ANTON ERICKSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- JAMES ROSS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
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.