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LOUIS ARTHUR WUEST JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1948 – December 24, 1968
Service recordLouis Arthur Wuest JR, of Utica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 75
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM BAKERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- KENNETH MARK BRYANTSergeant · December 25, 1968
From Utica
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 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.