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WILLIAM OSCAR WAGNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – April 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Oscar Wagner, of Bertha, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Bertha, Minnesota (Todd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 55
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SMITHHospitalman · April 8, 1968
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- BILLY JOE VICKERSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STANFORD MORRIS GOUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 52
From Bertha
- ERIK BERNARD WICKENBERGSpecialist Four · July 6, 1967
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.