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WILLIAM WALTER WAGNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – December 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Walter Wagner, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 54
- RODOLFO JOSE ARCHULETASpecialist Four · December 7, 1968
- JIMMY DEAN BIGGSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JAMES WISDOM BOWLINGPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES BROWNPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN JUDGE GOSSMajor · Panel 37W, Line 49
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 49
- DAVID GROENEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 50
- JAMES CLAYTON KERRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 51
- CARLOS A VELAZQUEZ-ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 53
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.