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WILLIAM CLEMENS WIESKUS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1943 – August 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Clemens Wieskus, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 35
- MELVIN LLOYD MCARTHURSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- STEVEN EARL WILDMANHospitalman · August 8, 1968
- ROBERT OSCAR BUMILLERSpecialist Four · August 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN STEVE GRUBER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 30
- GRADY HERSHALL HARRISSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 30
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.