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JOSEPH HENRY WACKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 18, 1945 – January 12, 1969
Service recordJoseph Henry Wacker, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 80
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 80
- GROVER WILLIS THOMPSONCaptain · January 12, 1969
- TAKESHI YABIKUSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN FRANK BALDWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 75
- GEORGE AUGUSTA EVANSCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 76
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.