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DAVID WAYNE UTLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – February 22, 1966
Service recordDavid Wayne Utley, of Chillicothe, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 63
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Missouri (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 63
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ORLANDO ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
From Chillicothe
- JOSEPH VAUGHN MURRAYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 18, 1966
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD BONDERERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH GENE EWINGSpecialist Four · November 22, 1969
- GARY HAROLD GARNERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- GERRY DON COULTSpecialist Four · July 22, 1971
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.