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DAVID SOQUI URIAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordDavid Soqui Urias, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 26
- CHARLES J MEERHOLZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- MICHAEL GLENN TURNERLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS VANAVERYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 15
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- PETER EDWARD CONLINSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 19
- RONALD DEVONE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 20
- THOMAS MARVIN HOLCOMBEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 21
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 24
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 26
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.