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DAVID ORIN CEDERSTROM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1948 – May 29, 1967
Service recordDavid Orin Cederstrom, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 9
- MARGIE BROGDONCorporal · May 29, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILL LEE DENNIS FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 12
- BILLY CESAR MCFALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 14
- ROBERT WILLIAM PRYSPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 15
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.