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JOHN VESTER WENTWORTH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1943 – April 12, 1971
Service recordJohn Vester Wentworth, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 121
- ROBERTO PEREASpecialist Four · April 12, 1971
- CHARLES LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 12, 1971
- BENJAMIN JOHN BENAVIDEZSergeant First Class · April 13, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSCorporal · April 13, 1971
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.