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KING DAVID WASHINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1949 – November 30, 1968
Service recordKing David Washington, of Abbeville, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Abbeville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 15
- SAMUEL KAMU TOOMEY IIIMajor · November 30, 1968
- ALLEN EUGENE WHITELance Corporal · November 30, 1968
- CALVIN EDWARD YOUNGStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1968
- RAYMOND ALANIZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD CHERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 10
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAMRONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 10
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 11
- ROGER RAY KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
- DONALD CHESTER LEPAKSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 13
- BRUCE JUN MORIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 13
From Abbeville
- PAUL JOSEPH SIMONPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRESergeant · May 2, 1968
- EARL J GUILLORYSergeant · May 23, 1968
- DARNELL JOSEPH SONGNEHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · May 24, 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.