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JAMES MILTON WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1945 – December 4, 1966
Service recordJames Milton Wilson, of Murfreesboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, North Carolina (Hertford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 11
- JOHN MATTHEW COLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- LAWRENCE DAVID MUNGIN IIIPrivate First Class · December 4, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES OSBORNESecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
From Murfreesboro
- KENNETH WESLEY SLAUGHTERFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 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.