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JOHN HENRY WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1950 – November 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Henry Wilson, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 25
- GUNTHER HERBERT WALDSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- GAYLE EDWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1969
- JAMES HARRY WOOLARDSpecialist Four · November 3, 1969
- STANLEY LEE ADAMSCaptain · November 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD JOSEPH CRAIGMYLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 22
- WILLIAM JOHN ROEGLINSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 24
- LOUIS ROBERT SUSTERSICCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 24
- JAMES HARRY WOOLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 25
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
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.