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DAVID HENRY WILSON II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – August 5, 1969
Service recordDavid Henry Wilson II, of Tarzana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Tarzana, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 99
- RONALD HUBERT STGERMAINECorporal · August 5, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN SWANPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
- JOHN HARLAN SWEETFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
- JOHN LEE ALLENPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
From Tarzana
- ARTHUR EUGENE BEDALFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1963
- ROBERT CHARLES MCANDREWSergeant · June 11, 1970
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELANOSpecialist Four · July 27, 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.