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DAVID PAUL CHENEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1945 – May 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Paul Cheney JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 37
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 37
- ROBERT ALLEN BONEBRIGHTSergeant · May 18, 1969
- LINCOLN E BUNDYSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- STEVEN BRIAN CALHOUNSergeant · May 18, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1969
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.