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CHARLES EDGAR WUERTENBERGER
Captain · U.S. Army
April 13, 1942 – January 17, 1968
Service recordCharles Edgar Wuertenberger, of Geneva, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Geneva, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 65
- KENNETH RAY BELSARPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- ARTHUR DWIGHT SINGLETONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- MIKE RALPH VELASCOSergeant · January 17, 1968
- ROBERT FREDERICK WILKEColonel · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN GREENWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 62
- DOUGLAS GARY JENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 63
From Geneva
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · September 27, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HELSTROMCorporal · November 7, 1967
- JOHN BIGELOW MOORESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.