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DAVID KENNETH WILHELM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordDavid Kenneth Wilhelm, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 40
- KEITH LYLE SWANSONSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- LOUIS WELDON WASHINGTONPrivate · October 26, 1968
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN WORLDSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HOYTE BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 36
- THOMAS HENRY CARSTENSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 36
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.