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ELVIN JOSEPH WIDEMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1937 – November 19, 1966
Service recordElvin Joseph Wideman, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 93
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 22, 1937
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 93
- DAVID RICHARD WESTLance Corporal · November 19, 1966
- COLEY PHILLIP WHITESpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- JAMES LAFAYETTE WHITEDMajor · November 19, 1966
- SAMMY RAY WISWELLStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JOHN DOUGLAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- ALAN N WEISMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 92
- COLEY PHILLIP WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 93
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 94
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.