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JOHN RAY WILSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – July 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Ray Wilson, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 4
- WILLIAM S BAKERStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
- PAUL BLACK JRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD GABLESpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE LEWIS BIGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 47
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 48
- JIMMY LEE HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 49
- MARVIN PETER HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 1
- HOWARD LEE KLENSKECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 1
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 2
- LARRY MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 2
- JOHN VICTOR SARTORPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 3
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 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.