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AVERY WILDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1945 – June 2, 1968
Service recordAvery Wilder, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 19
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 19
- ROBERT LEWIS WESTLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- RANDALL LEE WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · June 2, 1968
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · June 3, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ROBERT HARTLEYPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CONLEY ARLEN BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 10
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.