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GARY WILKINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 29, 1948 – June 23, 1968
Service recordGary Wilkinson, of Murray, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Murray, Kentucky (Calloway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 25
- THOMAS LOWELL WINESCorporal · June 23, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BADERSpecialist Five · June 24, 1968
- TERRY NOBLE BARTLINGSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 20
- JAMES RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 23
- ERNEST VON SHOMPANYCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 24
From Murray
- LARRY DELANO HOSFORDMajor · October 27, 1968
- RONALD SANDERS COLSONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- BILLIE WAYNE REEDPrivate · June 3, 1969
- EDWIN FRANKLIN SHOLARWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
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.