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DAVID PATRICK SULLIVAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1944 – September 4, 1968
Service recordDavid Patrick Sullivan, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 39
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 39
- BRUCE JOHN GREENWOODCorporal · September 4, 1968
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD WOODSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL BARBARECaptain · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WOLF-DIETER DIETZSpecialist Five · Panel 45W, Line 36
- WILLIAM HARVEY LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 38
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 38
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 39
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 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.