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DAVID RANDOLPH GIFFORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – December 16, 1967
Service recordDavid Randolph Gifford, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 9
- MICHAEL TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- OMMIE TRUMAN COX JRMajor · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR FINLAYSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BEEB CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 8
- MICHAEL TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 9
- EDWARD ARTHUR FINLAYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 9
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 10
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 10
- KENNETH DONALD KRALICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 11
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 13
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 14
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.