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JOHN PERRY WONER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – March 9, 1970
Service recordJohn Perry Woner, of East Moline, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 102
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- East Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 102
- DONALD RAY WEBBSergeant · March 9, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ALAMED JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- THEODORE L CADENHEADPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN COWELLCaptain · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAL EDWARD PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 100
From East Moline
- GALE KURK VOGLERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JAMES DANIEL RAYCHELPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.