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JEFF LYNN WENGER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – December 5, 1969
Service recordJeff Lynn Wenger, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 30
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 30
- RALPH LEE TAYLORLance Corporal · December 5, 1969
- ROGER LEE VENTERSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- RICHARD F WATERFIELDCorporal · December 5, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN WATTSSergeant · December 5, 1969
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.