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ARTHUR WILSON JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 16, 1934 – March 24, 1971
Service recordArthur Wilson JR, of Milton, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Milton, West Virginia (Cabell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 75
- BERNARDO KEALOHA RAMOSCorporal · March 24, 1971
- ROBERT DANIEL WALTERSPrivate First Class · March 24, 1971
- MICHAEL DALE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
- EDDIE LEROY DODDSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLINTON MERRITTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 73
From Milton
- LLOYD ALLEN VANNATTERCorporal · December 10, 1965
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS KAUFFERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- BILLY JOE VICKERSPrivate First Class · April 8, 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.