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WOLF-DIETER DIETZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 29, 1946 – September 4, 1968
Service recordWolf-Dieter Dietz, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 29, 1946
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD BOWDENSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM BROOKSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- ROBERT JAN COBBPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- ROBERTO ESCOBEDOPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HARVEY LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 38
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 38
- DAVID PATRICK SULLIVANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 39
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 39
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.