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WILFRED NORBERT POEPPING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – November 15, 1971
Service recordWilfred Norbert Poepping, of New Munich, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- New Munich, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 68
- VINCENT PATRICK MARTIN JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1971
- THOMAS JOE PUFFWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
- CHARLES HOWARD RICHIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DUANE PIERCEPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 67
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.