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JOHN LAWRENCE WULFFERT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1942 – December 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Lawrence Wulffert, of Newburgh, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 53
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 525 MIL INTEL USARV
- Born
- September 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Newburgh, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 53
- RAYMOND CARL EUBANKS JRSergeant · December 23, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE THRESHERLance Corporal · December 23, 1967
- NICHOLAS GEORGE WALZPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1967
- LESTER LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1967
From Newburgh
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- THOMAS DOUGLAS PETERKINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MORKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
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.