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ROBERT WAYNE WENDT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1941 – September 28, 1971
Service recordRobert Wayne Wendt, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 30
- PHILIP ROBERT WAGNERSergeant · September 28, 1971
- DONALD EVERETT PIERPOINTSergeant Major · September 29, 1971
- ALBERT THOMAS BALLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
- CHRIS ROGER BEHMSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.