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DAVID RICHARD BINGHAM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1949 – May 2, 1968
Service recordDavid Richard Bingham, of Quaker Hill, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Quaker Hill, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 2
- KENNETH BLACKWELLSergeant · May 2, 1968
- GROVER WESLEY BOSTONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- EARNEST WAYNE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
From Quaker Hill
- GEORGE CRAWFORD CURRIELance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- PETER MORGAN BENTSONMajor · July 9, 1972
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.