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JAMES EDWARD WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1930 – July 2, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Wilson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1930
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 122
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- JAROLD A VEACHStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1966
- FRED B BECKERMANN JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 120
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.