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DAVID PAUL ACHORD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1949 – June 23, 1969
Service recordDavid Paul Achord, of Gonzales, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 115
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Gonzales, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 115
- JEROME PAUL ZINDLEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- EDDIE DUANE ACUFFSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- EARL ERNEST ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- KENNETH TERRY ANDERSONPrivate · June 23, 1969
From Gonzales
- EDDIE LEE LANDRYLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ISAAC ANDREW DIEZ JRLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL BRIGNACCorporal · March 6, 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.