PFC John Edward Widener, Ventura, CA on www.VirtualWall.org The Virtual Wall® Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

John Edward Widener

Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 16TH INFANTRY, 1ST INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Ventura, California
July 07, 1947 to December 11, 1966
JOHN E WIDENER is on the Wall at Panel 13E, Line 37

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C Company, 1/16th Infantry, was engaged in heavy fighting on 11 December 1966 following an ambush on Route 13 north of Lai Khe. Seventeen US soldiers were killed in the engagement:

1LT Benny A. Starr, Seattle, WA
SSG Elmer W. Dickens, Wahiawa, HI
SSG Dennis Harper, Amigo, WV
SGT Michael C. Kirby, Miami, FL
SGT Antonio A. Solis, Philadelphia, PA
SP4 Alvin E. Kurtz, Hillman, MN
SP4 John E. Lawler, McNabb, IL
SP4 Jimmie C. Poe, Charleston, SC
PFC Ludin Bermudez-Quinones, Rio Piedras, PR
PFC Vito V. Bruno, Toledo, OH, medic (HQ Co with C/1/16th Infantry)
PFC Robert E. Jones, Redwood Falls, MN
PFC Donald L. Lee, Orlando, FL
PFC Michael R. McCommons, Anaheim, CA
PFC Tommie L. Mooney, Jackson, MS
PFC James H. Smith, Milton, FL
PFC Joshua Welch, Alachua, FL
PFC John E. Widener, Ventura, CA

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