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JOHN LEE WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Lee Wilson, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 129
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Born
- January 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Bonner Springs, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 129
- BERNARD HERMAN BAXPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- CHARLES DUNCAN BETHEASpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- DAVID AUSTIN BUTCHERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- HAROLD CARSTARPHEN JRCorporal · May 8, 1970
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.