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WILLIAM PETER WAGNER III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1945 – June 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Peter Wagner III, of Longview, Washington, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 34
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Longview, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 34
- DESIDERIO C LAUREL JRLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- FLETCHER SEEBER JRSergeant · June 21, 1967
- HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 28
- DEAN DENNIS CRANESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 29
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 29
- MORRIS DOMINIQUE GAGNONStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 30
- CARMEL BERNON HARVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 30
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22E, Line 31
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 31
- WELLINGTON M JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- GARY LYLE KENAGAPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- EDGAR LEE MCWETHY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 32
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 32
- HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 34
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 35
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 113
From Longview
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 1970
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.