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ARCHIE CARL WABSCHALL III
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 20, 1949 – February 26, 1970
Service recordArchie Carl Wabschall III, of Hood River, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1970, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 60
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Commissaryman (CS)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 21
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Hood River, Oregon (Hood River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; nine of them were lost in An Giang Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 21”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 60
- PETER ROBERT WIESNEIFSKIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL WIKESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- GEORGE ALBERT YOUNGPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- DARRELL WAYNE ASPEYCorporal · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD STEPHEN BAYPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 56
- ROBERT LANE FALLOWSPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 57
- FRANK BARD GLENDENNINGPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 57
From Hood River
- KEITH CHARLES PERKINSPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- RUDY LEE BALDONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
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.