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WILFRED WESLEY WARNER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1949 – July 23, 1970
Service recordWilfred Wesley Warner JR, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 47
- MITCHELL JONES JRSergeant · July 23, 1970
- KENNETH PAUL TANNERMajor · July 23, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH ZAGATACorporal · July 23, 1970
- DONALD BRUCE BLOODWORTHCaptain · July 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GUS ALLENCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 45
- ANDRE CAVARO LUCASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 8W, Line 46
- KENNETH PAUL TANNERMajor · Panel 8W, Line 47
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 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.