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LEWIS CURTIS WUESTENBERG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1946 – December 22, 1968
Service recordLewis Curtis Wuestenberg, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 67
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 67
- DENNIS GUY BENSONSpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES BURDPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- ROBERT KENDRICK CHASESpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUSTIN KENNETH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 60
- RICHARD GEORGE BARNARDSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 61
- RICHARD THOMAS CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 61
- DONALD IGNATIUS CULSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 62
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 62
- GARY WAYNE EVERETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 62
- DONALD GEORGE BOUSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 63
- CHARLES PHILLIP GLENNPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 63
- THOMAS LEE GOODALESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 63
- MANUEL DOMINIC MADRUGAFirst Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 64
- HENRY EUGENE MAULPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 64
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 64
- EDWARD ARNOLD MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 65
- DIONISIO SANCHEZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 65
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 66
- WILLIE JAMES TATESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 66
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- TERRY J WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- ALBERT GREEN WINGFIELD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 66
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.