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PRESTON PAUL WINLAND JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1936 – July 18, 1970
Service recordPreston Paul Winland JR, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 30
- OTIS PARKERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1970
- KENNETH JEROME SIMMONSSergeant · July 18, 1970
- JOHN ULICNISpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- JOHN FRANK BARNETTLance Corporal · July 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ANTHONY PARDOSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 29
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
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.