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HAROLD EUGENE WILKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1942 – November 12, 1965
Service recordHarold Eugene Wilkins, of Vale, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 48
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Vale, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 48
- DAVE MAYES JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- RALPH A COPELANDSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- LAWRENCE LAVERN COVEYStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 45
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
From Vale
- RICHARD TED ARMSTRONGSecond Lieutenant · June 12, 1966
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · October 13, 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.