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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Paul Kusy.

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DAVID PAUL KUSY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

May 19, 1947 – October 21, 1967

Service record

David Paul Kusy, of Auburn, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28E · Line 46

Position of Panel 28E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
May 19, 1947
Home of record
Auburn, Massachusetts (Worcester County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 21, 1967
Age
20
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 28E, Line 46

Same unit, same day

From Auburn

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.