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BAIN WENDELL WISEMAN JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – December 23, 1970
Service recordBain Wendell Wiseman JR, of Truth Or Consequence, New Mexico, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 4
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Single Engine (101B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Truth Or Consequence, New Mexico (Sierra County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 4
- JOHN GARY BUCHANANWarrant Officer 1 · December 24, 1970
- PAUL JOHN DAMATO JRSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
- SAMUEL EUGENE DICKPrivate First Class · December 24, 1970
- GREGORY WAYNE FELKERSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY PRESTON BOOTHSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 1
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 2
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.