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EMMITT JAMES WILKEY JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1931 – September 8, 1966
Service recordEmmitt James Wilkey JR, of Liberty, Texas, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Baker (3311)
- Born
- August 15, 1931
- Home of record
- Liberty, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 78
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD REELPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- MICHAEL GORDON TANDYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
From Liberty
- RONALD GENE PHEARSWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARTONStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAMILTON JRCorporal · September 28, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMSCaptain · February 28, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- NELLO BALDWIN JRCorporal · January 7, 1971
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.