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DAVID PAUL SPEATH
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 13, 1946 – April 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Paul Speath, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 42
- JAMES EDWARD RAINBOLTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- ARTHUR WILFRED ROMEROLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SANTORISergeant · April 23, 1968
- HARRY LEE SOWELL JRCorporal · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES COONSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 37
- JAMES LEROY WALLACECorporal · Panel 51E, Line 43
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 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.