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GERALD ANTHONY WILSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 13, 1944 – August 12, 1968
Service recordGerald Anthony Wilson, of Hilton, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 4
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Hilton, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 4
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
- LONNIE JOSEPH TULLIERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ROY JENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 49W, Line 54
- ARNOLD WAYNE LUKECaptain · Panel 48W, Line 1
- ARTURO DANIEL MONTIONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 1
From Hilton
- DAVID EARL LEMCKESergeant · May 21, 1968
- RONALD GENE QUINNSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.