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DAVID RYAN WINKLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 12, 1950 – May 16, 1971
Service recordDavid Ryan Winkle, of Bountiful, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Bountiful, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 37
- PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMONDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1971
- DONALD ODELL CARTERPrivate · May 16, 1971
- CHARLES LEROY MARTINSergeant · May 16, 1971
- LEONARD DANIEL MONTESSergeant · May 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS KUKOWSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 38
- ELLIOTT CROOKSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 26
- CRAIG LEE FARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 26
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 26
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 27
From Bountiful
- ROBERT RALPH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVEN FRANKLIN MATHIASLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- PHILIP JAMES KREK JRSergeant · March 26, 1968
- RANDY LEE MATHIASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · July 20, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 9, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE WEEKSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- DONN WHITNEY BELANDERPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
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.