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MARK ANDREW WENZEL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordMark Andrew Wenzel, of Alpha, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 30
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Alpha, Minnesota (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 30
- CHARLES LEE COLLEPSSergeant · June 17, 1968
- RITO SILVALance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- DONALD EMERY WHITERSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DANIEL ANDREW WITKOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · Panel 56W, Line 17
- RICHARD ROBERT ANTONOVICHSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 21
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.