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JAN BERNARD WAHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – February 22, 1968
Service recordJan Bernard Wahl, of Georgetown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Ohio (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 70
- REGGIE LEE VANCEPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- JOHN DAVID VAUGHANPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- GENE JOSEPH WHEATPetty Officer Second Class · February 22, 1968
- THOMAS EARL WHITAKERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY HERNDON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 63
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.