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JOHN JOSEPH WILSON
Captain · U.S. Army
August 23, 1946 – December 16, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Wilson, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 126
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 126
- FRED ALBERT WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1970
- PHILLIP ALLEN WILSONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL CURTISStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1970
- GREGORY ALLEN GYDESENCorporal · December 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THOMAS CALLANSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 124
- VAL CLARK ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 125
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.