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ROBERT DAVID
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – May 21, 1968
Service recordRobert David, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 13
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARCUS RICHARD ECKENRODEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL GROSSCorporal · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EDWARD BIESIADASergeant · Panel 64E, Line 11
- ALTON LAMER SINGLETARYSergeant First Class · Panel 65E, Line 1
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.