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DAVID WILLIAM LINN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 19, 1942 – May 7, 1967
Service recordDavid William Linn, of Anaheim, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 53
- MILTON LEE HALLSergeant · May 7, 1967
- FRANKLIN CHARLES LEWISSergeant · May 7, 1967
- RICHARD CLAIR MALONESecond Lieutenant · May 7, 1967
- ROBERT ARNOLD METTERTCorporal · May 7, 1967
- LOUIS DAVID VIGILLance Corporal · May 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ARNOLD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 52
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- DENNIS ALFRED OCONNORCorporal · June 27, 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.