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JAMES CHARLES WONN
Ensign · U.S. Navy
May 10, 1944 – February 17, 1968
Service recordJames Charles Wonn, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 17, 1968, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 77
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. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- OBSRON 67
- Born
- May 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “OBSRON 67”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39E, Line 77
- SAMUEL JOHN SANTANGELOPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ANDRES SORCHINIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- KENNETH EARL STETSONLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILTON HERMAN THOMASLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLAYBORN WILLIS ASHBY JRPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 39E, Line 69
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 39E, Line 69
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · Panel 39E, Line 70
- PAUL NICHOLAS DONATOPetty Officer First Class · Panel 39E, Line 70
- GLENN MILLER HAYDENCommander · Panel 39E, Line 71
- JAMES STEPHEN KRAVITZLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 39E, Line 73
- JAMES EDWARD MARTINAirman · Panel 39E, Line 74
- CURTIS FRANK THURMANLieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 78
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.