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DONALD RAY WENTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1947 – November 21, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Wentz, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 32
- CLIFFORD KAY WELDINGFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1968
- KENNETH ALVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1968
- GEORGE LEE BARNESLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- BEN CARLOS BURGECorporal · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 22
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 23
- JAMES LLOYD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- HERBERT RAY CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- JOSEPH RONALD FRANKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 28
- ANTHONY FELIX WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38W, Line 31
From Drexel Hill
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- CONAL JOSEPH BYRNE JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD CRAWFORD NELSONCommander · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · March 3, 1969
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · February 6, 1971
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.