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ALBERT RICHARD WILSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 17, 1939 – May 18, 1966
Service recordAlbert Richard Wilson, of Seattle, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 83
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 83
- WILLIAM JOHN MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- ANTONIO PARADA-BARRERAPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- ONSBY RAY ROSESpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.