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WILBUR MEARL WISE
Private · U.S. Army
December 7, 1944 – January 27, 1966
Service recordWilbur Mearl Wise, of Stow, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Stow, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 102
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- THOMAS ROGER DEVLINSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CAREY EDWIN BESTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 99
- BONNIE PATALINGHUNG CASASStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 99
- ROOSEVELT SNOW ROMESergeant · Panel 4E, Line 101
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 101
From Stow
- JOHN PETER BURGESSPrivate · September 28, 1967
- RALPH WAYNE BROWERCaptain · November 9, 1967
- RICHARD LEE PORTERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- BENEDICT J LINNEN IIISpecialist Four · November 15, 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.