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JOHN FREDRICK WERNER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 23, 1950 – August 23, 1970
Service recordJohn Fredrick Werner, of Williamsburg, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powerplant Repairer (68B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Iowa (Iowa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 134
- ROBERT DAWSON ROTHER JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1970
- ROBERT GARLAND SIMES JRSpecialist Four · August 23, 1970
- SAM EUGENE STOUTStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1970
- EVERETT EARL WELLS JRSergeant · August 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM OSBORNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 133
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.