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MICHAEL JAMES WAGNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – February 22, 1970
Service recordMichael James Wagner, of Watertown, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 47
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Watertown, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 47
- THOMAS ARTHUR PALLADINOCorporal · February 22, 1970
- JOHN WILSON ROBERTS IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1970
- MALCOLM GEORGE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- DANNY KEITH WITTCorporal · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK NUNEZ FIGUEROASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 44
- DAVID WILLIAM JANISHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 44
- DENNIS PHILIP MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 46
- JOHN WILSON ROBERTS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 47
From Watertown
- MICHAEL PAUL BARTELMELance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- RONALD DEAN SHEPHERDSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- DALE WAYNE SCHWEFELPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
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.