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DELVIN KEITH WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1949 – April 25, 1969
Service recordDelvin Keith Wilson, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 51
- THOMAS GORDON STONGESpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- RONALD BRYSON VANNFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1969
- DAVID WARREN WATSONCaptain · April 25, 1969
- GARY ALLENPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
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.