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DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDER
Captain · U.S. Army
October 31, 1937 – March 24, 1965
Service recordDavid John Wick Widder, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (32162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 31, 1937
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1965. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 97
- JERRY PAVEY HAWKINSCaptain · March 21, 1965
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- HAROLD RAY DOLLENSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1965
- WILLIAM DONALD REYNOLDSCaptain · March 28, 1965
From Sheboygan
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 1969
- ROMAN HENRY LEICHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 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.