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DEWITT JOSEPH WOLF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1945 – January 12, 1968
Service recordDewitt Joseph Wolf, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 40
- DELMER ANDERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT SALMON BAGNALLCorporal · January 13, 1968
- RUDOLPH JOHN BIELEK JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL ALLEN HARRISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 36
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.