Rank: Sergeant
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 29-Aug-1945
Hometown: Rockfish, Virginia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: Unknown
Start of tour: 8-Dec-1967
Incident date: 22-Aug-1968
Date of casualty: 22-Aug-1968
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
David Norman Embrey died from wound received while commander of military vehicle on combat operation when encountered hostile force.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XU 738 128*
Place of interment: Rock Spring Cemetery, Faber, Virginia, USA
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