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DAVID WAYNE JORGENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1949 – June 19, 1968
Service recordDavid Wayne Jorgensen, of Hilliard, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Hilliard, Ohio (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 35
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ARLAN JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCorporal · June 19, 1968
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · June 19, 1968
- NEFTALE JOHN LABOYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
From Hilliard
- JACK DALE LYNNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- LARRY VINSON FLORASergeant · September 7, 1967
- HENRY RICHARD HAUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT VERNON GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 30, 1969
- JOSEPH STEPHEN TATUMSergeant · May 1, 1970
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.