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DAVID WILBERT WEHRS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1942 – February 3, 1967
Service recordDavid Wilbert Wehrs, of Elgin, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 115
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Elgin, Minnesota (Wabasha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 115
- MORTON ELMER TOWNES JRFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS WARECorporal · February 3, 1967
- DAN THOMAS WASHINGTONLance Corporal · February 3, 1967
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
From Elgin
- JAMES EDWARD WAGNERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
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.