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LOSSY RAY WANGLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1942 – March 20, 1966
Service recordLossy Ray Wangler, of Alameda, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 27
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 27
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- LOUIS ALLEN AMBROSEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
From Alameda
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- KENNETH GRANT STOKERPrivate · July 19, 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.