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JOHN ROBIN WIEST
Captain · U.S. Army
May 11, 1940 – October 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Robin Wiest, of Billings, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 55
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41W, Line 55
- JAMES LEON THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY VALENTINEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON WASSERMANPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY WEBBCorporal · October 12, 1968
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.