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WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSE
Private · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – May 15, 1967
Service recordWolfgang Edward Kresse, of Ridgewood, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 1
- DANIEL THOMAS KELLEYLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS MANDLERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- EDWARD K MEYERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT LONGORIA SALINASSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 126
From Ridgewood
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTERStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1965
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 1969
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.