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DAVID WAYNE VEST
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 8, 1943 – November 23, 1967
Service recordDavid Wayne Vest, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 68
- CHARLES EDWARDS WILLBANKSPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES STRONG YODERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- KENNETH STANLEY ADAMSCorporal · November 23, 1967
- PHILIP FRANCIS ADAMSCorporal · November 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WINSTON COLESergeant First Class · Panel 30E, Line 69
- GERRY GLEN SIMPSONCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 73
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 74
- WILLARD BOSTON WALLACECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 74
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
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.