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EARL SCOTT WEMPLE
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
January 7, 1925 – April 21, 1969
Service recordEarl Scott Wemple, of Netcong, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 23
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 Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1925
- Home of record
- Netcong, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 23
- GERALD WAYNE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- TIMOTHY RAY VANTONGERENPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- CHARLES JACKSON WILSONLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- JACK LESLIE BAKERMajor · April 22, 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.