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DAVID TODD FORD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1949 – August 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Todd Ford, of Hayward, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 78
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 78
- BOBBY JOE EVERETTPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- FRANCIS BERTON GARGUSLance Corporal · August 20, 1969
- MICHAEL GARLOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.