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DENNIS EDWARD WILKINSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 23, 1944 – May 10, 1972
Service recordDennis Edward Wilkinson, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 22
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 23, 1944
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 22
- CLARENCE L SAULSBERRY JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
- RAYMOND JOSEPH SHIKOSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
- DAVID WESLEY SULSERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
- THOMAS EUGENE WOODPrivate First Class · May 10, 1972
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 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.