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DONALD A WISE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 19, 1934 – December 6, 1966
Service recordDonald A Wise, of Edmonds, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carbon Dioxide-Hydrogen Production Specialist (53C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Edmonds, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 17
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- FRANCISCO MARIO TAMAYO JRLance Corporal · December 6, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL TROYERFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1966
- RICHARD CARL BRANDTPrivate · December 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FREDERICK CAMPOSSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 15
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 17
From Edmonds
- GREGORY PHILLIP MOSERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- MILES EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- MICHAEL NOEL HOBANSergeant · August 5, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR HOPKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
- PHILIP EUGENE NICKERSONCorporal · June 21, 1969
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.