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DAVID WARRINGTON CASEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – May 18, 1968
Service recordDavid Warrington Casey, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 16
- DANIEL BRIAN CHRISTENSONSergeant · May 18, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- HARRY LEE CRAIGLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- GARY RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL BRIAN CHRISTENSONSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 16
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 18
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- ERIK NILES RUDZIAKFireman · January 16, 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.