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DENNIS RAY WEGNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – December 10, 1968
Service recordDennis Ray Wegner, of Centralia, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Centralia, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 82
- WILLIAM ALLISON LOWRYSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MELOYSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MONAGHANLance Corporal · December 10, 1968
From Centralia
- ROBERT MOFFETT DOWLINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- KENNETH HANS RUDCaptain · February 6, 1967
- DAVID STANLEY PRICESergeant · March 11, 1968
- GERALD DAVID AITONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 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.