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DAVID WAYNE COMBER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1951 – February 15, 1971
Service recordDavid Wayne Comber, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 105
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 105
- JOSEPH SCOTT BURKEWarrant Officer 1 · February 15, 1971
- JAMES PAUL COBBSergeant · February 15, 1971
- RICHARD NEIL CONCANNONChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
- WILLIS CALVIN CREARSpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 104
- JULIAN ERNEST MARQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 107
- STANLEY EUGENE REDMONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 108
- KENNETH M STEINKIRCHNERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 109
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.