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JOHN RICHARD WURTENBERG
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1943 – June 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Richard Wurtenberg, of Newark Valley, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Newark Valley, New York (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 42
- EDWIN THOMAS WINTERFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- SHOJIRO YAMASHITASergeant · June 10, 1970
- VERNON GAIL BERGQUISTSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- JAMES GRADY BULLOCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1970
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.