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DAVID ROY WARGO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1947 – September 23, 1966
Service recordDavid Roy Wargo, of St Charles, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- St Charles, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 4
- ANTONIO RICHARD OSUNASergeant First Class · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL PRESSON JRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1966
- LARRY LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM MACKS SHETRONSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
From St Charles
- LARRY HERMAN GOSCHKASergeant · February 12, 1970
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.