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JOHN STEPHENSON WILSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 17, 1948 – June 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Stephenson Wilson, of Bedford Heights, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 49
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Bedford Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 49
- RICHARD WAYNE KUYKENDALLSergeant · June 12, 1970
- LESLIE MILES TATARSKIWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS WALTERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1970
- HENRY EUGENE COPLEY JRCorporal · June 13, 1970
From Bedford Heights
- JAMES LEO STILESCorporal · June 20, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN SABLOTNYSpecialist Four · October 27, 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.