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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ernest Howard Wilson.

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ERNEST HOWARD WILSON

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

June 29, 1945 – January 11, 1967

Service record

Ernest Howard Wilson, of Corinth, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 14E · Line 13

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
Born
June 29, 1945
Home of record
Corinth, Kentucky (Grant County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 11, 1967
Age
21
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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24 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.