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BRYAN LEE WILKEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1950 – July 10, 1971
Service recordBryan Lee Wilken, of Garland, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 105
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Garland, Nebraska (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 105
- RONALD JAMES KRIEGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES MANIASSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- THOMAS WAYNE BICKFORDSpecialist Five · July 11, 1971
- ROBERT LEWIS KINGStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1971
From Garland
- DAVID CHARLES FRYCLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
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.