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JAMES EDWARD WAGNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – January 28, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Wagner, of Elgin, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Elgin, Minnesota (Wabasha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 58
- DENNIS RALPH STANLEYSergeant · January 28, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER ZENKEWICHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- FRANK WALTER ASPPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNIE RAY BARBERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 53
- ROBERT LOUIS KELLASFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 55
From Elgin
- DAVID WILBERT WEHRSSergeant · February 3, 1967
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.