David Raymond Wagener

Vietnam War
Unit14th Air Commando Wing
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromAn Arbor Michigan
Date of DeathOctober 20 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Wagener was a member of the 14th Air Commando Wing. On October 20, 1966, he was the pilot of a Douglas Skyraider Attack Aircraft (A1-E) on a mission 20 miles north of the Demilitarized Zone in Quang Binh Province, when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on January 13, 1996 and identified on September 4, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.