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JOHN LANNING WILSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1952 – April 15, 1971
Service recordJohn Lanning Wilson JR, of Coquille, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 128
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1952
- Home of record
- Coquille, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1971; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 128
- REX MARTIN DANIELSCorporal · April 16, 1971
- DAVID ROSS DEKKERCorporal · April 16, 1971
- LEE ELDRIDGE GRIMSLEYCaptain · April 16, 1971
- DAVID RALPH KOWITZPetty Officer Third Class · April 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BALESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 125
- JEFFRY EDWARD COWLEYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 125
- ROBERT JOHN DUTKIEWICZCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 126
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- TERRY WILLARD GREENEPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 126
- ROBERT CHARLES HEINSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- PAUL MCKENZIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- GEORGE ARTHUR PACHECOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 127
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 127
- WILLIAM JAMES WARD JRCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 127
From Coquille
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LARRY WILSONCorporal · May 19, 1968
- RICKIE ALLAN LOOMISPrivate First Class · July 6, 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.