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JAMES WILLIE WILSON
Private · U.S. Army
January 17, 1946 – April 14, 1969
Service recordJames Willie Wilson, of Altadena, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 84
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Born
- January 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Altadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 84
- RICHARD BAILEY TUTENSergeant · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS VITALEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
- ROBERT BRAXTON WOODARDPrivate · April 14, 1969
- BILLY CLYDE ALSTONSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
From Altadena
- RICHARD GLEN COLLINSFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT HILLStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1969
- AMMONS EWING SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- DANIEL ALAN FREYCorporal · February 12, 1970
- CLEVE DAVIS MILLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- DOUGLAS HARVARD YUKISpecialist Four · September 28, 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.