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JAMES HENRY WILSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1943 – October 30, 1967
Service recordJames Henry Wilson JR, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 101
- RAY EUGENE COLNSpecialist Four · October 30, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS RENSHAWLance Corporal · October 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS REYMANSergeant · October 30, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD TOMLINSON SRPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
From Jacksonville
- PHILLIP RONALD JARRETTGunnery Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM BENFORD SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
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.