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JOHN WILLIAM WILSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1948 – April 3, 1970
Service recordJohn William Wilson, of Loudon, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 90
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Loudon, Tennessee (Loudon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 90
- ARNOLD TILMAN RIDERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH SILVASpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHCorporal · April 3, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
From Loudon
- JOHN HARRISON SIMPSONCorporal · May 13, 1967
- DANNY EUGENE KINGSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARRELLSergeant · May 11, 1969
- SCOTT WILLIAM THORNBURGPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- HARVEY C CRABTREE JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
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.