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DAVID PAUL RUSSELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 14, 1946 – July 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Paul Russell, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 26
- JOHNNY KENDRICK PARKERCorporal · July 20, 1969
- LARRY REX REATHERFORDSpecialist Four · July 20, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- DAVID ALEXANDER SEMERAROCorporal · July 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT COUCHSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 24
- DENNIS EITELSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 24
- ALEX EZEQUIEL MARTINEZPrivate · Panel 20W, Line 25
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 26
- DAVID ALEXANDER SEMERAROCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 26
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.