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JOHN SAMUEL WISEMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1945 – April 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Samuel Wiseman, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- February 8, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 43
- JOHN LEROY VINCENTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JAMES LEROY WALLACECorporal · April 23, 1968
- HERMAN A HESSELSCHWARDTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.