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WILBUR WILLIAM IVANOV
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1942 – November 11, 1965
Service recordWilbur William Ivanov, of Windsor, Vermont, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Windsor, Vermont (Windsor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 41
- ORIN LARRY ALLREDCorporal · November 11, 1965
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- RICHARD PHILLIP ROBBLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- THEODORE SHAMBLINStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ESPOSITO JRCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 40
From Windsor
- JOHN HENRY HOLLANDLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- DAVID FRANCIS CALLAHAN JRLieutenant Commander · September 23, 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.