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DAVID ERIC WIELAND
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 14, 1943 – October 8, 1967
Service recordDavid Eric Wieland, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 78
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- September 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 78
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- THOMAS WITHERSPOON JRStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1967
- DONALD FINDLING WOLFELieutenant (junior grade) · October 8, 1967
- ANDREW GILBERT ZISSULieutenant (junior grade) · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ANDERSONMajor · Panel 27E, Line 67
- CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKELieutenant Colonel · Panel 27E, Line 73
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · Panel 27E, Line 75
- RONALD PAUL RUYFFAirman Second Class · Panel 27E, Line 76
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 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.