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DAVID RAYMOND WAGENER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 22, 1939 – October 20, 1966
Service recordDavid Raymond Wagener, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 20, 1966, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1125D)
- Born
- June 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 92
- JERRY WAYNE HAUFSpecialist Four · October 20, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER J J MILLERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD SISKCorporal · October 20, 1966
- CHARLES EHNSTROM TOFFERICaptain · October 20, 1966
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
- CLIVE VERE MOSIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 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.