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DAVID PECOR SOYLAND
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
April 29, 1951 – May 17, 1971
Service recordDavid Pecor Soyland, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 17, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 39
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 17, 1971
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 39
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1971
- LARRY LEE ROBINSONSergeant · May 17, 1971
- DALE WILLARD DEHNKEStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1971
- DANNY DAY ENTRICANCaptain · May 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 39
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 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.