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DAVID HUNTER WILKERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1949 – May 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Hunter Wilkerson, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 63
- GUADALUPE ESPARZA MONTOYASpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JIMMIE VAN BOCKPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- L C CARTERSergeant · May 21, 1969
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.