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DAVID OWEN HERSHISER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1948 – January 4, 1969
Service recordDavid Owen Hershiser, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 501 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 34
- KENNETH LOREN FOUNTAINFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1969
- ALFRED DEAN HILDEBRANDSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- GARY LEE JAMIESONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- WILLIS LEANDREW MIDGETTESpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.