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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jesse Allan Wisdom.

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JESSE ALLAN WISDOM

Captain · U.S. Army

February 3, 1942 – February 6, 1970

Service record

Jesse Allan Wisdom, of New Braunfels, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 110

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Assistant (3506)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
February 3, 1942
Home of record
New Braunfels, Texas (Comal County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 6, 1970
Age
28
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 110

Same unit, same day

From New Braunfels

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.