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WILHELM KARL DAMMER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1937 – May 5, 1968
Service recordWilhelm Karl Dammer, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 26, 1937
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 8
- JOHN RAYMOND CROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- GLENN EDWIN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS NELSON DEANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH DEEREPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY RODNEY BELLAMYMajor · Panel 55E, Line 3
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · Panel 55E, Line 35
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.