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DAVID PAUL OPLINGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – June 16, 1967
Service recordDavid Paul Oplinger, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 114
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 114
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- NEIL CHARLES MCENTEELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- GEORGE MAURICE ODONNELLPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 111
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 112
- EUGENE SESTERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 115
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
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.