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BRYAN LEE WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – November 3, 1968
Service recordBryan Lee Wilson, of Richland, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Richland, Iowa (Keokuk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 14
- SHERRELL VANCE SHELTONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE THORNTONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD WELCHLance Corporal · November 3, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WENCLSergeant · November 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LARRY FULLERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 12
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.