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EARL CLIFFORD WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – August 23, 1968
Service recordEarl Clifford Wilson, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 58
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 58
- GREGORY WOODSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES FRED WRIGHTSergeant · August 23, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD YOUNGBLOODSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEONDIS ENRIQUE RODRIQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 52
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 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.