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DAVID WAYNE NORTHUP
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 24, 1942 – February 1, 1967
Service recordDavid Wayne Northup, of Campbell, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 105
- RAUL ORTACorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLARD ARLIN PHILSONSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PRAZINKOSergeant First Class · February 1, 1967
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 10, 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.