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ROBERT LEE WENZEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – July 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Wenzel, of Millersville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 11
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Hurcules Fire Control Crewmember (16C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Millersville, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 11
- LEE DINO TSOSIECorporal · July 25, 1968
- MERVIN EDEN WALLACECorporal · July 25, 1968
- THURMAN WILLIAM WINSTONCorporal · July 25, 1968
- CHESTER LAWREN WITANEK JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 5
- SALVATORE JOHN MANCINOPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 7
From Millersville
- KENNETH EUGENE WITMERWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1969
- JAMES LAWRENCE WIELERSergeant · March 7, 1971
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.