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DAVID WEBSTER MACLURG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1951 – September 27, 1970
Service recordDavid Webster Maclurg, of Kent, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 96
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 96
- EUGENE BEAN JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- PHILLIP HAROLD JACOBSCaptain · September 27, 1970
- STEVEN HAROLD KRUPKINCorporal · September 27, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 95
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 95
- ROBERT OREN HILL JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 95
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 96
- JEFFREY MERLE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 97
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.