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JAMES LAWRENCE WIELER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1950 – March 7, 1971
Service recordJames Lawrence Wieler, of Millersville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Millersville, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 32
- THOMAS VALERIOSergeant · March 7, 1971
- BRUCE ALLEN BOWMANSpecialist Five · March 8, 1971
- ROBERT EUGENE GRANTHAMSergeant · March 8, 1971
- JOHN DOUGLAS HALEFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1971
From Millersville
- ROBERT LEE WENZELSergeant · July 25, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE WITMERWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1969
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.