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JOHN LESLIE WEHR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1945 – February 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Leslie Wehr, of Oxford, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Oxford, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 2
- WILLIAM RAYMOND PROMLance Corporal · February 9, 1969
- MILTON ALAN ROSSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- DEWEY IRVIN STRUEBINGSpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- JOSE MANUEL TREJOPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DEAN JONESSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 94
- CARROLL PAUL ONEILLSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 1
From Oxford
- DANNY DEAN PRINCESpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- RALPH WILLIAM PLUMMER IIISpecialist Four · October 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN PEPPERLance Corporal · August 30, 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.