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LOUIS BERNARD WANER II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1945 – March 23, 1969
Service recordLouis Bernard Waner II, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 20
- GREGORY EUGENE NEWMANSergeant · March 23, 1969
- DAVID DEWAYNE OVERSTREETPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 1969
- EDWARD WESLEY PAWLOWSKILieutenant (junior grade) · March 23, 1969
- CARL HARMAN PETERS JRSergeant · March 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ARTHUR GEHLSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 18
- GREGORY EUGENE NEWMANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 20
- ANDREW LEE PRESLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 21
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.