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WESLEY ROBERT PHENEGAR JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1936 – August 13, 1967
Service recordWesley Robert Phenegar JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 108
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- October 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 108
- KENNETH WAYNE SWAFFORDLance Corporal · August 13, 1967
- MARK RYAN BLACKLance Corporal · August 14, 1967
- FRANK MARIO BOZZELLOSecond Lieutenant · August 14, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.