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DAVID ROSE LILLY
Private · U.S. Army
October 6, 1941 – September 9, 1968
Service recordDavid Rose Lilly, of Dinuba, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 10
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Dinuba, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 10
- MICHAEL SPENCER GODETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL GRAVELINEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- HOMER LEE HODGES JRLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- EDWARD WILLIAM KNAPPERSpecialist Four · September 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD D BURKESergeant · Panel 44W, Line 8
- DOMINGO MENDOZA TERRONEZPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 13
From Dinuba
- JESUS V AVILAPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
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.