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RICHARD LAVERN WISSLER JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 6, 1946 – October 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Lavern Wissler JR, of Willow Street, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 2, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 32
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Willow Street, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 32
- KEAVIN LEE TERRELLPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES TYEPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- REYNALDO ROCILLO VIADOSeaman · October 2, 1969
- CLYDE ALLEN WENRICKPrivate First Class · October 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.