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CALVIN RAY WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – January 18, 1967
Service recordCalvin Ray Wilson, of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- East Longmeadow, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 51
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- WILLIAM SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESUS MAGIN ARCHULETAPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 47
- GARY O BRENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 47
- ROGER SMITH BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 47
- LEONARD CLARENCE GRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 48
- DONALD LEONARD HELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 48
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 48
- JERRY JOSEPH KOLAR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 49
- JOHN DAVIS MCCARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 49
- RONALD JAMES MCCULLOUGHSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 49
- DENNIS RAY ONEALPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 50
- ROBERT LEE PROVENZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 50
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 51
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 51
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 51
From East Longmeadow
- GERALD ARTHUR LETENDRELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- LEWIS JEWETT NEWBERRYSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- JOHN SEBASTIAN MANFERDINICorporal · July 3, 1969
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.