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DONALD WAYNE WILSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 26, 1937 – March 16, 1970
Service recordDonald Wayne Wilson, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 11
- JAMES STEVEN STANLEYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1970
- GORDON CHARLES STAUFFERCorporal · March 16, 1970
- FORREST DARRYL SUMTERCorporal · March 16, 1970
- DAVID WALDENSergeant First Class · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR D SIMMONSPetty Officer First Class · Panel 12W, Line 10
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.