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DAVID PHILLIP MEDINA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 8, 1952 – April 30, 1971
Service recordDavid Phillip Medina, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1952
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1971; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 20
- ERNEST RICHARD HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · April 30, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS KALLAHERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 1971
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 1971
- JAMES EVERETT SHANKSSergeant · April 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD KINGSLEY ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 19
- CANTRELL MONRO DANIEL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 19
- CHARLES THOMAS KALLAHERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 20
- JAMES EVERETT SHANKSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 20
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 21
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.