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DAVID JOSEPH WIKANDER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1942 – June 25, 1970
Service recordDavid Joseph Wikander, of Caldwell, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Caldwell, Ohio (Noble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 92
- OSCAR BERNARD PATTERSONSpecialist Five · June 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEE RITTERCorporal · June 25, 1970
- MARVIN DALE SNIDERCorporal · June 25, 1970
- DAVID MORGAN WALTERSCorporal · June 25, 1970
From Caldwell
- CLYDE CALLAHANChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN HOHMANCorporal · February 20, 1971
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.