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CLYDE DAVID WILKINSON
Captain · U.S. Army
March 18, 1945 – February 12, 1971
Service recordClyde David Wilkinson, of Mineral Wells, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 100
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Mineral Wells, Texas (Palo Pinto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 100
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- JAMES VINCENT PICARAZZISpecialist Four · February 12, 1971
- JAMES GARLAND SIDDONSCaptain · February 12, 1971
- EDWARD SIMON WISSIGStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
From Mineral Wells
- CURTIS CARL NICKERSONSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- HOMER LEE HODGES JRLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- TONY ANGUIANOSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
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.