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JOHN PAUL WANTO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1948 – March 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Paul Wanto, of Hibbs, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Hibbs, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 32
- FREDDIE D MIZESergeant · March 21, 1970
- ANDRES SANTIAGO-MARTINEZCorporal · March 21, 1970
- BUFORD ELLIS SUMNERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1970
- RONALD WAYNE WILLIAMSpecialist Four · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · Panel 12W, Line 28
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 28
- RICHARD LEE EHNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 29
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 29
- JOHN THOMAS GUTEKUNSTSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 30
- ROBERT STANLEY RICHMONDCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 31
- RONALD WAYNE WILLIAMSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 32
From Hibbs
- RICHARD THOMAS MALASPINAPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
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.