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DAVID ALLAN WENCL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – November 3, 1968
Service recordDavid Allan Wencl, of Claremont, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1968, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BDE HHC 82 AVN DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Claremont, Minnesota (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 14
- SHERRELL VANCE SHELTONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE THORNTONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD WELCHLance Corporal · November 3, 1968
- BRYAN LEE WILSONStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
From Claremont
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · December 4, 1967
- WILLIAM WILLIS GRIFFITHSergeant · April 17, 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.