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MELVIN EDWARD WOLFE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 29, 1951 – October 26, 1972
Service recordMelvin Edward Wolfe, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 84
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 84
- ROBERT W HAAKENSON JRAirman · October 24, 1972
- KEVEN ZANE GOODNOStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1972
- CARLOS ALBERTO PEDROSAFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1972
- JAMES WAYNE HALLLieutenant Commander · October 28, 1972
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 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.