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DAVID STEPHEN VOLLMER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1947 – November 17, 1968
Service recordDavid Stephen Vollmer, of Scotia, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Scotia, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 6
- DAVID EDGAR HOFFERTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- LLOYD KENNETH TURNERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1968
- JEFFREY RANDOLP BEARDSLEYPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CROMIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
From Scotia
- EDWARD A MALEWICZ JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- RONALD MILLER FEROWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES JAMROLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JAMES H MCNEILLYSpecialist Five · June 22, 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.