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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Ray Squires.

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DAVID RAY SQUIRES

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

August 3, 1947 – June 3, 1968

Service record

David Ray Squires, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 60W · Line 5

Position of Panel 60W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
August 3, 1947
Home of record
Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 3, 1968
Age
20
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 60W, Line 5

Same unit, same day

From Louisville

All 178 names from Louisville →

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.