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EDWARD LEON WILMERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordEdward Leon Wilmers, of Lapeer, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Lapeer, Michigan
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Added to the Wall
- 2017
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 7
- WILLIAM F JULIUS IIISergeant · May 17, 1968
- EDDIE KELLY JRCorporal · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DARRELL KUHSELance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- NATE FRANCIS LEESergeant · May 17, 1968
From Lapeer
- THOMAS EDWARD HENDERSHOTTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BAUCOMCorporal · February 28, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN BEALSSergeant · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES BECKMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 1969
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2017, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.