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PHILIP ROBERT WAGNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1952 – September 28, 1971
Service recordPhilip Robert Wagner, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 31, 1952
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 30
- ROBERT WAYNE WENDTStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
- DONALD EVERETT PIERPOINTSergeant Major · September 29, 1971
- ALBERT THOMAS BALLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
- CHRIS ROGER BEHMSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
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.