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ARMOUR DAVID WILCOX III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1946 – December 8, 1968
Service recordArmour David Wilcox III, of Hudson, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Hudson, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 71
- MICHAEL CLYDE WALKERStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1968
- DENNY LEE WASHAMPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- BRIAN LEE WEBBERFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1968
- JIMMIE KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DUPREESergeant · Panel 37W, Line 62
- EDDIE DALE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 63
- JOHN DAVID HANCOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 65
- CHARLES LENET SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 69
From Hudson
- JOSEPH FRANK ROSATOCaptain · June 2, 1966
- JERRY EDWARD GORNEYFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1967
- JOHN DARLINGTON PEACE IIICommander · December 31, 1967
- RONALD LEE DAVIDSONSecond Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
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.