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HARRISON E WOEHNKER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1943 – July 18, 1968
Service recordHarrison E Woehnker JR, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 9
- JOHN EDWARD SWEENEYLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- JOHN ASHLEY TEMPLETONSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1968
- KURT EUGENE WARDSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD BROSIUSMaster Sergeant · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CARL ROSSStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 7
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.