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GREGORY EDMUND WERNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1967
Service recordGregory Edmund Werner, of Lordville, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 11
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Lordville, New York (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 11
- NORMAN RALPH ANDERSONSergeant · January 1, 1968
- RAYMOND DEAN BRETCHESFirst Lieutenant · January 1, 1968
- ALVIA GRADY BRYANTCorporal · January 1, 1968
- TERENCE HIGGINS HANLEYLieutenant · January 1, 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.