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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Pershing States.

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DAVID PERSHING STATES

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

April 15, 1945 – October 17, 1966

Service record

David Pershing States, of Marion Center, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 17, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 11E · Line 85

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
April 15, 1945
Home of record
Marion Center, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 17, 1966
Age
21
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 11E, Line 85

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.