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JEROME I WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1944 – April 19, 1968
Service recordJerome I Wilson, of Miami, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 4
- MICHAEL RAY WERDEHOFFMaster Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- FREDDIE WHITAKERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- WILLIAM PRATHER YORKLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.