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HARLAND LYLE WILKINSON
Private · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – September 26, 1969
Service recordHarland Lyle Wilkinson, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 11
- KENNETH JAMES MCCLUSKEYPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
- ERIC ALLAN REAMCorporal · September 26, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES VASTINECorporal · September 26, 1969
- LARRY CURTIS WRENNCorporal · September 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE EDWIN HAZLESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 10
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.