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MICHAEL EDWARD WIDENER
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 6, 1943 – June 25, 1965
Service recordMichael Edward Widener, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 25, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 18
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Connellsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1965; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 18
- GERMAN PORTACIO ACOSTAPetty Officer First Class · June 25, 1965
- DOUGLAS HAROLD DORSAYMaster Sergeant · June 25, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN IHNATPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
From Connellsville
- WILBUR EUGENE SWINDELLStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1966
- DAVID BARTOCKPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- KENNETH BRIAN KOOSERCorporal · July 7, 1967
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · August 18, 1968
- FRANCIS RAY ADDISSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- CLYDE KEITH NELSONStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1972
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.