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LYNN JAY WIESER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1949 – May 13, 1969
Service recordLynn Jay Wieser, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Gothenburg, Nebraska (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 114
- MYLES DALEN WESTMANCorporal · May 13, 1969
- RAYMOND LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE WITMERWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1969
- DANIEL THOMAS ABNEY JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL CONNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 96
- THOMAS WARREN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 103
- DONALD RAY KRAFTStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 103
From Gothenburg
- DOUGLAS CECIL RISTINESpecialist Four · April 3, 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.