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DELBERT LEO SINGLER JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 12, 1947 – March 3, 1969
Service recordDelbert Leo Singler JR, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 3, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 32
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 32
- RONALD JAMES SHIERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM MARK SMITHSergeant · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM CLYDE STINSON JRLieutenant Colonel · March 3, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE THOMPSONSergeant · March 3, 1969
From Irwin
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 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.