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JAMES ROBERT WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1940 – November 7, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Wilson, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 39
- JACK DENNIS RENFROLieutenant · November 7, 1966
- EDWARD RYLAND STANTON IICorporal · November 7, 1966
- DAVID ELLIS THREADGILLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- TED NORMAN TOLZMANNPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 36
- JOHN A MEANSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 37
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 38
- DAVID ELLIS THREADGILLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 39
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
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.