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DENNIS RICHARD WAGIE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – May 2, 1969
Service recordDennis Richard Wagie, of Dousman, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 104
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
- Field Artillery Repairman (45C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Dousman, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 104
- WILLIAM PHILIP THOMASPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST TRIGALETFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- STEPHEN AUGUST VIX JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS WALTERSLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DURWARD FLURRYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 98
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 98
- WILLIAM A MANSERGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 100
- JERRY ROGER MEADOWSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 100
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 101
From Dousman
- LARRY ROGER WOOLRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 15, 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.