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WILLIAM MICHAEL WOGAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – February 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Michael Wogan, of Glen Oaks, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Glen Oaks, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 16, 1969
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 47
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- HAROLD J VANWINKLE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- ROBERT WALTER WHITNEYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM BELLPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE DOUGLAS LOYD JRCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 44
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.