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MICHAEL BRODERICK WIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1945 – April 12, 1969
Service recordMichael Broderick Wier, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 69
- ELROY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- LOREN EDWIN WOOD JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- CURTIS STEVEN WOODSPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- ROBERT LEROY WORTHINGTONChief Petty Officer · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DELYNN CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 62
- SCOTT DOUGLAS SCHOEBENSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 67
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.