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DAVID ALLEN WILSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
October 4, 1937 – January 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Wilson, of South Gate, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 14, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signalman (SM)
- Born
- October 4, 1937
- Home of record
- South Gate, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 3
- JOHN EARL WARREN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1969
- TIMOTHY LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- JOSEPH G WILSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1969
- RICHARD PHILIP YANCHUK JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1969
From South Gate
- DONALD WESLEY WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- GARY DEAN MILLERSergeant · March 30, 1967
- JOHN DEE MENDOZASpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RONNIE JOE CHARLESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- THOMAS KEITH BEAMONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- TERRY MIKEL CONWAYPrivate · October 12, 1970
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.