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DAVID VAUTOUR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1946 – August 16, 1967
Service recordDavid Vautour, of Norwich, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 3
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
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Norwich, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 3
- LARRY J PETERSCaptain · August 16, 1967
- HUGH EDWIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND SPOHNLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · August 16, 1967
From Norwich
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 1970
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.