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EULIS NEIL WILKES JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1947 – January 20, 1968
Service recordEulis Neil Wilkes JR, of Yuma, Arizona, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 1
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Yuma, Arizona (Yuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 1
- JOHN WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- ROGER LEE WILSONCorporal · January 20, 1968
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY BASS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 83
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 84
- DAVID ANTHONY DECOSTESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GERALD N HUNTERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 87
- ROBERT EARL BUTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 1
From Yuma
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- EDWIN MICHAEL RIDENOURPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- ROBERT L CHAVEZChief Petty Officer · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JRCorporal · June 4, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
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.