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JOHN LAWRENCE WAGNER
Private · U.S. Army
July 17, 1949 – October 2, 1970
Service recordJohn Lawrence Wagner, of Daly City, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 108
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Daly City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 108
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 1970
- DAVID FREDERICK TINSEYSergeant · October 2, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
From Daly City
- RONALD LEE BELKNAPCorporal · August 8, 1966
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MOLOSSILance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD KOLLMANNCommander · March 12, 1968
- SHERRICK CAMDEN BRITTONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN CLIFFORDSecond Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORTCorporal · February 4, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES BOSBERYFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 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.