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GAROLD THOMAS WILSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1937 – October 24, 1967
Service recordGarold Thomas Wilson, of Kitts Hill, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 63
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Kitts Hill, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 63
- FRANCIS JOHN THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CLAY TOSHLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- SIMEON ANDRADE TUAZON JRStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1967
- ROY EUGENE CONRADSergeant · October 25, 1967
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.