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ADAM WILSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – November 15, 1969
Service recordAdam Wilson, of San Diego, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 82
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 82
- BENEDICT J LINNEN IIISpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- JOHN JACKLON ROBINSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- WALTER DAVID ROMEROFirst Lieutenant · November 15, 1969
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUNSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 78
- FOREST CLAYTON HODGKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 80
- JOHN ROBERT RANKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 81
- RICARDO WAYNE REGALADOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 81
- WALTER DAVID ROMEROFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 82
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.