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DAVID PAUL INGERSOLL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1948 – July 2, 1969
Service recordDavid Paul Ingersoll, of Waltham, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Waltham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 46
- GLEN CAMERON KEENE JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER KLOTZPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- KENNETH ARTHUR MAHLPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES MOSLEYSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
From Waltham
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN MILLER SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 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.