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EDMOND Q WILSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordEdmond Q Wilson JR, of Midway, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Midway, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 37
- RELL CRIGGER JRCorporal · February 2, 1969
- LEROY BUDDY DANIELSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORTSergeant · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HERMAN DENNEY JRCaptain · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS ELMER HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 40
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.