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David John Wick Widder

Graduating Class of 1960
Served in The Vietnam War
Attached photograph of Captain Widder

Captain
David John Wick Widder

Army
5th Special Forces Group
Detachment C-1
Military Assistance Command Vietnam

Hometown

Sheboygan, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Tân An, South Vietnam

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

More About Captain Widder

Captain Widder left Wisconsin to attend the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina and became a Green Beret officer. He was killed by gunfire during a recon mission while flying on a light aircraft as an observer.