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EVERETT NELSON WILSHER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – February 21, 1969
Service recordEverett Nelson Wilsher, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 74
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Rotor And Propeller Repairman (68E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 74
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · February 21, 1969
- PETER STEVEN TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- GEORGE DONALD TINKOSeaman · February 21, 1969
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GROVER CLEVELAND BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 69
- HAROLD E CARTERSergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 70
- PETER PAUL POLAKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 72
- HARRY QUINCY ROSECaptain · Panel 32W, Line 73
- WILLIAM BLAKE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 73
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.