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GERALD LEE WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1942 – May 21, 1969
Service recordGerald Lee Wilson, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 73
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 73
- ROBERT LEE VAUGHN JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JOHNNIE BOWEN WESTERVELTFireman · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARNOLDMajor · May 22, 1969
- EARL PETER BEECHINGPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.