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DURWYN LEE WOLF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 15, 1944 – May 31, 1970
Service recordDurwyn Lee Wolf, of Forest Park, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 31, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 129
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 834 AIR DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “834 AIR DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 129
- STUART ALAN WOODMANCorporal · May 31, 1970
- LLOYD LANE BOWLESPetty Officer First Class · June 1, 1970
- JAMES HOMER BRADYCorporal · June 1, 1970
- DOUGLAS JACK DAANEPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · Panel 10W, Line 123
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 10W, Line 123
- HAROLD JOSEPH SHEALieutenant Colonel · Panel 10W, Line 127
From Forest Park
- JOHN THOMAS OCONNORCorporal · June 29, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCANNELLPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSONSpecialist Five · November 27, 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.