Date of Birth: 04/07/1939
Neighborhood: Yeadon
High School:
Street: Cypress Avenue
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: SSGT
Date of Casualty: 05/18/1969
Province of Casualty: Bien Hoa
Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 31
Panel Row: 16
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The 30-year-old Air Force cargo plane loadmaster was sent to Vietnam in January 1969 after assignments in England and France, among other places. Wanner was assigned to Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. He died in Bien ba Province on May 18, 1969, four months after arriving in the war zone. The staff sergeant, a 12-year veteran, was survived by his wife, two sons, and mother
