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JOHN GEORGE WIDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1948 – May 6, 1970
Service recordJohn George Widen, of Owatonna, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 119
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Owatonna, Minnesota (Steele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 119
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- BILLY JOE WILLIAMSMajor · May 6, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- FREDERICK P ZIEGENFELDERStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LOUIS ANTLESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 108
- ROGER BRUCE BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 108
- GEORGE WILLY BENNETT JRCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 108
- MELVIN BOWMANSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 109
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 109
- GREGORY ANTON CHAVEZSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 110
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DAYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 110
- ROBERT ANTHONY DENTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 110
- JAY THOMAS DILLERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 110
- JON HILIARE DOOLITTLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 111
- KENNETH LEE FOUTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 111
- LAWRENCE LEE GORDONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 111
- JOHN EDWARD GRANATH JRCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 111
- RICHARD A HAWLEY JRCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 112
- FRANK SANCHEZ HERNANDEZSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 112
- LARRY GENE KIERStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 112
- TOMMY IVAN HINDMANCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 113
- JAMES DALE JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 113
- ALLEN GENE KINNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 114
- ROBERT LEE KIRKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 114
- FRANK FREDERICK LEWISSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 115
- RAYMOND LEON LONG JRSergeant Major · Panel 11W, Line 115
- DAVID ELLIS OGDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 115
- CLIFFORD EARL POE JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 116
From Owatonna
- WALTER OTHO TRAMELStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT KELMPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORASergeant · April 27, 1968
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS SCHROMPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
- LEE HAMILTON HARRASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- CURTIS EDWARD RINGHOFERSergeant · May 13, 1970
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.