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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Roger Noll.

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DAVID ROGER NOLL

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

August 24, 1946 – September 1, 1970

Service record

David Roger Noll, of Sheridan, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 31

Position of Panel 7W 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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
August 24, 1946
Home of record
Sheridan, Michigan (Montcalm County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 1, 1970
Age
24
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 31

Same unit, same day

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.