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JONATHAN TRAXLER WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1951 – January 3, 1971
Service recordJonathan Traxler Wilson, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 25
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 25
- ROBERT ALAN DOTENFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1971
- GLEN CHARLES KLEINLance Corporal · January 4, 1971
- BRIAN ROBERT KOEHNSergeant · January 4, 1971
- BOBBIE LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · January 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALEXANDER TRESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 24
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.