Hemphill, David Wayne
Navy Hospital corpsman

David Wayne Hemphill, age 21, from Moores Hill, Indiana, Dearborn county.

Parents: Melvin Hemphill

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Southwestern High graduate

Military history: 2nd Platoon of the 1st Battalion

Date of death: Saturday, November 23, 1968
Death details: He died at the First Medical Battalion, Da Nang, South Vietnnam, where he was struck by a falling 81 mm canister while in contact with the enemy.
Cemetery: Cedar in Leavenworth

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Lawrenceburg Press (1968)