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DAVID WAYNE DEPRIEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1948 – January 30, 1968
Service recordDavid Wayne Depriest, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Yen Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 68
- WILLIAM LESLIE DAZEY JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH DRAKE JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- ALFRED THOMAS DWYERStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH EDGE IIHospitalman · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CALVIN BODISONPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 66
- EDWARD EDDY CERVANTEZCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 67
- ARTHUR FLOYD ELLIOTTPrivate · Panel 35E, Line 69
- NORBERT LOUIS FROEHLICHCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 70
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS GREENEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 71
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 74
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 74
- MILOSLAV JOSE MARTINOVSKYStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 76
- JACK ROGER MCKEESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 76
- ROBERT CHARLES PETERSCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 78
- PETER WELLESLEY FOOTESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 80
- GENE AUTRY ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 80
- THOMAS HENRY SWINNEASergeant · Panel 35E, Line 82
- BRAD JOHN SZUTZPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 82
- JIMMIE PAUL WALLCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 82
- JOHN HENRY TIGNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 83
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 84
- ROBERT EARL WHITBECKLieutenant Colonel · Panel 35E, Line 84
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
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.