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JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – January 16, 1968
Service recordJohn Holger Wrisberg III, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 61
- JOHN CULLIN WHITESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- JOHN F YOUNGCaptain · January 16, 1968
- HERLEY AYER JRSergeant First Class · January 17, 1968
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 58
- KEVIN JAMES MAGUIRESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 59
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 60
- HAROLD E STANTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 60
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- ANTHONY EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
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.