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ROBERT JOHN WINGENFELD
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 13, 1939 – July 4, 1970
Service recordRobert John Wingenfeld, of Williston Park, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 121
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Williston Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 121
- RICHARD JOHN WARDENWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
- E G AKERS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1970
- DANNY LEE ARCHERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANK BROWNINGPrivate First Class · July 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK THOMAS JERNIGANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 118
- FRANK EDWIN STEARNSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 120
- RICHARD JOHN WARDENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 121
From Williston Park
- CARMINE ANGELO MACEDONIOPrivate First Class · December 7, 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.