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EARL LEE WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1940 – March 17, 1969
Service recordEarl Lee Wilson, of Auburn, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Auburn, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 58
- STEVEN RAY ARMITSTEADCaptain · March 17, 1969
- TERENCE EDWARD BARNEYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- HERBERT MICHAEL BEAUMONTLance Corporal · March 17, 1969
- LOUIS MARTIN BECKMANNPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
From Auburn
- MICHAEL ROMAN KLINSKIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- LESLIE DONALD ROSEKRANSSpecialist Four · December 3, 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.