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JOHN CHARLES WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1944 – October 16, 1966
Service recordJohn Charles Wilson, of Edmond, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Edmond, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 80
- PERRY LEE POOLELance Corporal · October 16, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD SWINNEYSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- HORTON SISLER COKER JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY BILLY CANADYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 79
From Edmond
- LARRY IVAN BROADHEADCaptain · May 10, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONCorporal · November 7, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE BURNESFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1970
- ALLEN MATTHEW GARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JRSergeant · October 19, 1971
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.