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DAVID SPENCER HACKETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1943 – April 30, 1967
Service recordDavid Spencer Hackett, of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 122
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- September 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Ligonier, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 122
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JEROME M HANRAHAN JRCorporal · April 30, 1967
- RICHARD HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE HOODPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
From Ligonier
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- LAWRENCE GERARD DONALDSONPrivate First Class · February 25, 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.