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CARL RICHARD WENZEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1944 – April 25, 1965
Service recordCarl Richard Wenzel, of Allegany, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 109
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Allegany, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1965; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 109
- RANDALL KENNETH CAMPBELLLance Corporal · April 25, 1965
- WILLIAM CLESSON SELLERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 26, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
From Allegany
- LARRY RONALD HAVERSLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- DAVID LE ROY FARRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
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.