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ELROY WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – April 12, 1969
Service recordElroy Wilson, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 69
- MICHAEL BRODERICK WIERSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- LOREN EDWIN WOOD JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- CURTIS STEVEN WOODSPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- ROBERT LEROY WORTHINGTONChief Petty Officer · April 12, 1969
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.