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JOHN WESLEY WILSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 4, 1951 – April 24, 1971
Service recordJohn Wesley Wilson, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1951
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 6
- MELVIN JAMES WILLIAMSSergeant · April 23, 1971
- BERNARDO RODRIGUE ALVAREZCorporal · April 24, 1971
- BILL EDWARD BLANTONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- ALLEN THOMAS BOEHMSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 7
- JAMES ALBERT CHAMPIONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 8
- JOHNNIE RAE SLYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 9
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · Panel 3W, Line 9
- ROBERT FRITZ SPEERSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 9
- THOMAS HAROLD TAFTCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 10
- CHRISTOPHER LEE VOLLMARSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.