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HAROLD WENDELL WILSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1945 – March 21, 1966
Service recordHarold Wendell Wilson, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 36
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- JULIUS JOSEPH VALINT JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM GLENN WADELance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BRUCE LAMAR WATKINSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS JRSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 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.