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JON RICHARD WINGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1945 – June 19, 1968
Service recordJon Richard Winger, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 3
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 3
- ROBERT EUGENE VEACHLance Corporal · June 19, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITELance Corporal · June 19, 1968
- FRED WILSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- GARY DORVIN WOODSPrivate · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 32
- JERRY LEROY ADDISStaff Sergeant · Panel 56W, Line 34
- PAUL LAVERNE OAKES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 37
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 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.