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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Dudley Wiley.

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JOHN DUDLEY WILEY

Captain · U.S. Air Force

May 28, 1936 – August 3, 1967

Service record

John Dudley Wiley, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24E · Line 75

Position of Panel 24E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
7 AF
Born
May 28, 1936
Home of record
Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 3, 1967
Age
31
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 24E, Line 75

Same unit, same day

From Charlotte

All 88 names from Charlotte →

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.