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JOHN WILLIAM WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1948 – August 20, 1969
Service recordJohn William Wilson, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 84
- ROGER DALE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- DAVID RICHARD BAKERSergeant · August 21, 1969
- JAMES HENRY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LOUIS CAUSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 77
- JOSEPH HENRY MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 80
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.