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DAVID WAYNE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1946 – May 17, 1969
Service recordDavid Wayne Wilson, of Bassett, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Bassett, Virginia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 35
- EARL RALPH TURNER JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GRACEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 30
From Bassett
- FRANK JOSEPH BOWLESCorporal · July 9, 1967
- LINWOOD DWIGHT MARTINSergeant First Class · March 22, 1968
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
- SAMUEL HARRISON EASLEY IICorporal · May 28, 1968
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · August 8, 1970
- GORDON ELLIOTT STONEMajor · May 21, 1972
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.