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JOHN STANTON WILSON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 11, 1941 – February 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Stanton Wilson, of Belen, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 30
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Unit Commander (1174)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Belen, New Mexico (Valencia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 30
- CHARLIE LARRY WILDERSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RONALD JAMES WILKINSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
- WILLIE LEE WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · February 23, 1969
- CHARLES EDWIN WILSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
From Belen
- MICHAEL LEON LOVATOPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- LUPERTO GARCIALance Corporal · June 27, 1968
- HILARIO MORENOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EDDIE ANTHONY MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- EDDIE LEONARD GARCIAPrivate · June 30, 1969
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 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.