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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Danny Joe Wilson.

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DANNY JOE WILSON

Private First Class · U.S. Army

July 8, 1944 – August 18, 1966

Service record

Danny Joe Wilson, of Florence, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1966, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 109

Position of Panel 18E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Born
July 8, 1944
Home of record
Florence, Alabama

Casualty

Date of death
August 18, 1966
Age
22
Added to the Wall
2014

Context · from the records

What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 109

From Florence

All 19 names from Florence →

Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2014, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.