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MICHAEL DENNIS DAVID
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1943 – June 15, 1968
Service recordMichael Dennis David, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 24
- LARRY GENE CLARKPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- RICHARD DOUGLAS CONKLINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- DENNIS CRANECorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN VINCENT AKINPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 22
- ROBERT DAVID BROCKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 23
- RALPH HENRY FRANCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES HOYTSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 27
- JAMES EDWARD SULLINGERCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 32
- OSCAR VALENZUELA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 33
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 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.