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DAVID WAYNE HEMPHILL
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 4, 1947 – November 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Wayne Hemphill, of Moores Hill, Indiana, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 43
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Moores Hill, Indiana (Dearborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD GOLDINGStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1968
- DARIO DAVID GUERRASpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- JAMES RANDOLPH HARRELLPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- LESLIE A LEWISPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- RAY EUGENE MCCUNEMajor · November 23, 1968
From Moores Hill
- RONALD WAYNE MONTGOMERYPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 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.