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WILBUR LEROY MONG
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 8, 1942 – November 12, 1968
Service recordWilbur Leroy Mong, of East Amherst, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 55
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1942
- Home of record
- East Amherst, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 55
- JAMES COSTA MAIATO JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MCCURTAIN JRSergeant · November 12, 1968
- EUSEBIO MONTOYAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER MYERS JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES E CUMMINGS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 53
- DALE K LARSONSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 54
- CHARLES RAY MCCURTAIN JRSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 55
From East Amherst
- JOHN MICHAEL HENSCorporal · October 3, 1966
- DONALD PETER ROEMERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
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.