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DAVID WILLIAM FELKNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1950 – January 11, 1970
Service recordDavid William Felkner, of Vista, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 26
- EDDIE DANIEL GLINNENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH HAMRICKSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- ROBERT ALAN HARRISONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
- MICHAEL RAY JAMESCorporal · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MAX CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 25
- EDDIE DANIEL GLINNENSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 26
From Vista
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELDCaptain · June 5, 1967
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 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.