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VAN LESLIE DURHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – September 29, 1968
Service recordVan Leslie Durham, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 39
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 39
- ARTHUR BLAKE CREWSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- WERNER CURT BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1968
- GORDON BUTLERCorporal · September 29, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RICHARD HAMILTONSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 40
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.