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DAVID VERNON WHINNERY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordDavid Vernon Whinnery, of Ravenna, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 8
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Ravenna, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 8
- ADOLFO MORENO PEREZPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- CLIFFORD EARL TYSONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 2
- ANTHONY LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 4
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
From Ravenna
- ROGER LEE BERGPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · November 28, 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.