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DEAN CHARLES WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1949 – June 24, 1969
Service recordDean Charles Wilson, of Alturas, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 11
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Alturas, California (Modoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 11
- DELBERT ELLIS WEBERPetty Officer First Class · June 24, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES ASBURYSergeant · June 25, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND BRIGGSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- DAVID JAMES CORCORANPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 6
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 9
- RICHARD DANIEL ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 9
- WOODROW N TRISSELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 10
From Alturas
- MARVIN DONALD BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- ROBERT VERN JAYCorporal · March 5, 1969
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.