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CARL JEFFREY WANKA
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – October 14, 1970
Service recordCarl Jeffrey Wanka, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 1
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 1
- MARCUS SMITHSergeant · October 14, 1970
- WILLIAM HAROLD STROUDPrivate First Class · October 14, 1970
- JOHN HENRY THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1970
- CECIL ALBERT WELLMANStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L BRUNCKHORST JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 134
- ROBERTS PATON BURROWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 134
- EDWIN HARRY CURTISSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 134
- CECIL ALBERT WELLMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 1
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.