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DAVID WILLIAM DELAAT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1951 – June 11, 1970
Service recordDavid William Delaat, of Burlington, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 43
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Burlington, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 43
- JOHN LOUIS DAVISCorporal · June 11, 1970
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · June 11, 1970
- STEPHEN JAMES GEERLance Corporal · June 11, 1970
- WILLIAM JEFFERY GULLEYSeaman Apprentice · June 11, 1970
From Burlington
- DELL CONLEY GEISEHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- JOHNNIE D SANDERSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR CRAMERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY HERINGCaptain · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN ROBERTSCorporal · August 22, 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.