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JAMES HAROLD WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – March 31, 1969
Service recordJames Harold Wilson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 101
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 101
- DANFORTH ELLITHORPE WHITECommander · March 31, 1969
- LEROY IRVIN BLANKENSHIPMajor · April 1, 1969
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAMIRO MEDINA GONZALEZSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 98
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.