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DANIEL KEITH WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – June 22, 1970
Service recordDaniel Keith Wilson, of Elkton, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Elkton, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 81
- JOSEPH MARION TUROWSKI JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
- RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAMSSergeant · June 22, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE ANDERSONSergeant · June 23, 1970
- MICHAEL LOUIS BALDINICorporal · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MARTIN DUNNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 78
- THOMAS MICHAEL SCHALK SRCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 80
- RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 81
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.