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JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Wilcox JR, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 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 Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 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 38E, Line 41
- RODNEY PHILLIP TROYERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- LAWRENCE KAY TUTTLEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JEFFREY MICHAEL WALSHLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES STANLEY CERIONE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 23
- GEORGE ROBERT DENSLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 25
- BRIAN FRANCIS DURRSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 26
- ROBERT LEE DYKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 26
- JOHN LEROY JERVIS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 30
- RODNEY PHILLIP TROYERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 41
From Moultrie
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · July 3, 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.