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HARRY HERR WECKER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 30, 1933 – September 1, 1969
Service recordHarry Herr Wecker, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 1, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 22
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 30, 1933
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 22
- ROY COLON WILLIAMS JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH WOZNIAKCorporal · September 1, 1969
- DONALD WOODSON WRIGHTCaptain · September 1, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE ATKINSPrivate · September 2, 1969
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
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.