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HIRAM MICHAEL WOLFE IV
Captain · U.S. Army
December 21, 1943 – December 4, 1969
Service recordHiram Michael Wolfe IV, of Springfield, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 26
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 26
- ROGER CHARLES BARTZSergeant · December 5, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BEKSILance Corporal · December 5, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN CLARK IIMajor · December 5, 1969
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DANIELSONCaptain · December 5, 1969
From Springfield
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1966
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1969
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- JERRY WAINE STEWARDPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 1971
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.