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ARTHUR EDWARD WOJAHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordArthur Edward Wojahn, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 45
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 45
- DENNIS RUSSELL WARTCHOWSergeant · September 5, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST AHLSTROMPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- DALE ROBERT ALCORN JRSergeant · September 6, 1969
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · September 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN R BORTLESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 36
- CHARLES RICHARD GEIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 37
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 41
- DENNIS JAMES MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 42
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 42
- JOEQUIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 43
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.