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EDWARD SIMON WISSIG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 24, 1931 – February 12, 1971
Service recordEdward Simon Wissig, of Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 12, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 100
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
- Born
- May 24, 1931
- Home of record
- Lake Ronkonkoma, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 100
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- JAMES VINCENT PICARAZZISpecialist Four · February 12, 1971
- JAMES GARLAND SIDDONSCaptain · February 12, 1971
- CLYDE DAVID WILKINSONCaptain · February 12, 1971
From Lake Ronkonkoma
- CHARLES RICHARD GREENEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- ALBERT MARTINPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- WAYNE E SKOLITSSpecialist Four · November 21, 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.