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WILBERT WAYNE CUCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1949 – May 26, 1968
Service recordWilbert Wayne Cuch, of Springville, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 4
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Springville, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 4
- ROY LEE BRAGERSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- JAMES WARREN COCKRELL JRFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
- RICHARD WAY CRICKENBERGERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ARTHUR ALBERT CROWELLCorporal · May 26, 1968
From Springville
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · July 19, 1969
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.