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DAVID TERRELL DURHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1948 – July 14, 1968
Service recordDavid Terrell Durham, of Corbin, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Corbin, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 27
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CAINCorporal · July 14, 1968
- JOHNNIE ROGER CAMDENPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD LUCIEN DAVID JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
From Corbin
- DAVID LEE MILESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- BENNY GILLIS CARRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- JACKIE EDWARD TROSPERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
- GARY EARL HOLTZCLAWFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 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.