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RICHARD JAMES WAGER
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
July 27, 1947 – August 28, 1967
Service recordRichard James Wager, of Millington, Michigan, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 60
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 11 3 NC BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Millington, Michigan (Tuscola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “NMCB 11 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 60
- ROBERT HUGH STEELECorporal · August 28, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN WALLACEMajor · August 28, 1967
- OSCAR ANZALDUAPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOHN GRASSOConstructionman · Panel 25E, Line 57
- JERRY LEE NEWMANPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 25E, Line 59
From Millington
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · August 9, 1967
- WALTER MARTIN KEENEPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- DONALD ALLEN HALL JRSergeant · September 26, 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.