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JOHN ROBERT WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – October 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Wilson, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 31
- ROBERT VICTOR DIMITTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD TYLERColonel · October 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL BANASZYNSKISpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH MORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 29
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.