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VICTOR WOLF BADWAY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1950 – February 21, 1970
Service recordVictor Wolf Badway JR, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 40
- ROBERT LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
- JEFFREY THOMAS BEARDSLEYStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1970
- THOMAS EUGENE BEWLEYCorporal · February 21, 1970
- RODERICK WESLEY CALHOUNLance Corporal · February 21, 1970
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.