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DONALD GENE WEHR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1949 – November 1, 1969
Service recordDonald Gene Wehr, of Barnesville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 16
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Barnesville, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 16
- JOHN EDWARD VANDENBERG JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1969
- JOHNNY DEWEY VOLLRATHCorporal · November 1, 1969
- GILBERT EARL WALLACEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTTSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
From Barnesville
- WILLIAM RUSSELL YOUNG JRCorporal · September 16, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY ADKINSSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- QUINLAN ROBERTS ORELLCaptain · October 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.