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CLAUDE DAVID WILSON JR
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
August 14, 1935 – December 14, 1966
Service recordClaude David Wilson JR, of Stockton, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- August 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 46
- RANDALL ALLEN VANATTAPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- CHARLES EMANUEL WATKINSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- KENNETH WILLIAM WAWERSIKPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- JERRY BARBER WILSONSpecialist Four · December 14, 1966
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.