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WOLFGANG WERNER KARASCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1945 – September 9, 1966
Service recordWolfgang Werner Karasch, of Gilroy, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Gilroy, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 79
- GERALD BENNETT BAGAASONPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- RALPH DWAIN CARTERPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- ALBERT CHARLES DOODYSecond Lieutenant · September 9, 1966
- DAVID BURNELL EPHRIAMPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
From Gilroy
- JAMES WILBUR ERVINSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CHARLES MANUEL CENTENOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- LEE ATTILIO GRECOMajor · December 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLASpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM MARLOWESpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENOCorporal · February 14, 1969
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 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.