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JAMES WILLIAM WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1946 – February 14, 1968
Service recordJames William Wilson, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 42
- SPENCER ADAMSStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BAUGHCorporal · February 15, 1968
- JAMES HARVEY BENNETTSergeant · February 15, 1968
- JAMES GRAHAM BLAINEPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH PASTORESpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 37
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.