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DAVID OLSEN WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordDavid Olsen Wilson, of Tuscumbia, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 65
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Tuscumbia, Missouri (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 65
- KENNETH LEROY WITHAMLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- ROBERT ARTHUR BELCHERMajor · March 28, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH BOUCHARDSergeant · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND GEORGE CZERWIECStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 59
- ROBERT SMITH HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- JAMES ROBERT LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 62
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 62
- ANTHONY JOHN URRUTIAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 64
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 64
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.