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JOHN THOMAS WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1947 – May 18, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Wilson, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO BLT 1/3 9 MAB
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO BLT 1/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 38
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- OLIVER ARGYLE WARESergeant First Class · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM WELLSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD WORKMANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.