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DAVID EARL WEDHORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordDavid Earl Wedhorn, of Union Lake, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Union Lake, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Phong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 18
- ROBERT JAMES WEBBLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GORDON JOHN WETJENSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- VORIN EDWIN WHAN JRLieutenant Colonel · February 7, 1968
- ALBERT DEWELL WHITECorporal · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 82
- BOYD JEFFERY NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 8
- ADRIAN ALLEN QUICK JRSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 11
- SAMUEL LUVENE SQUARRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 15
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Union Lake
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL CAINPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEO TAFFEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- JOSEPH CHARLES CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · June 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
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.