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HAROLD LUCIEN DAVID JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1942 – July 14, 1968
Service recordHarold Lucien David JR, of Rayne, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 27
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
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Rayne, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 27
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CAINCorporal · July 14, 1968
- JOHNNIE ROGER CAMDENPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- DAVID TERRELL DURHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
From Rayne
- JOHN EDGAR MOUGIER JRStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1965
- BRADLEY JOHN BOURQUEPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
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.