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DAVID OLIVER PAINTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1942 – September 11, 1968
Service recordDavid Oliver Painter, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 28
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- RUSSELL ALFORD PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- KESTUTIS A PETRAUSKASSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELDON DEAN COLDREN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 22
- LEONARD OLSEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 25
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 26
- ALBERT LOUIS LAZZAROTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 26
- LONNIE EUGENE LUNDYSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 27
- KESTUTIS A PETRAUSKASSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 28
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 28
- AKOS DEZSO SZEKELYCaptain · Panel 44W, Line 31
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.