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DAVID WALDEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1937 – March 16, 1970
Service recordDavid Walden, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 11
- JAMES STEVEN STANLEYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1970
- GORDON CHARLES STAUFFERCorporal · March 16, 1970
- FORREST DARRYL SUMTERCorporal · March 16, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE WILSONPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BURKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 3
- WAYNE DONALD PEAGLERSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 8
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.