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DAVID WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – June 12, 1968
Service recordDavid Wilson, of Magnolia, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 6
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Magnolia, Arkansas (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 6
- DONALD EUGENE YEAROUTCorporal · June 12, 1968
- FRANK AKELEY BARKER JRLieutenant Colonel · June 13, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH BONETTICorporal · June 13, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE BRENNERMajor · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUGH SMITHSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 4
- JOHN CLARK WHEELERPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 5
From Magnolia
- CHARLES EDWARD WALKERLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLARD RUSSELL KNIPPERSStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1967
- THOMAS GERALD HAZELWOODSergeant · February 28, 1968
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.