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JAMES EDWARD WENZEL
Captain · U.S. Army
June 12, 1931 – August 30, 1963
Service recordJames Edward Wenzel, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- June 12, 1931
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1963
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1963. In August 1963, 10 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 27
- CLAUDE WILLIAM MCBRIDEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1963
- EDWARD BERNARD CRIBBCaptain · August 26, 1963
- ARCHIE SHERROD BOWENAirman Second Class · August 30, 1963
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
From East Chicago
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 1968
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.