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SAMMY RAY WISWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1941 – November 19, 1966
Service recordSammy Ray Wiswell, of Ottawa, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 93
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Kansas (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 93
- DAVID RICHARD WESTLance Corporal · November 19, 1966
- COLEY PHILLIP WHITESpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- JAMES LAFAYETTE WHITEDMajor · November 19, 1966
- ELVIN JOSEPH WIDEMANStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH COUSETTESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 87
From Ottawa
- GARY ARLAND HENDRICKSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LE ROY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- LAWRENCE DEAN BURGESSSergeant · June 6, 1970
- STEPHEN LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 1, 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.