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JOSEPH E WILKINSON III
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 25, 1929 – January 9, 1967
Service recordJoseph E Wilkinson III, of Selma, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 4
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 25, 1929
- Home of record
- Selma, Alabama (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 4
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JUAN JOSE CERVANTEZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES COOPERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- BLAINE M FERGUSONStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1967
From Selma
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- TOWNSER STEELE JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- RONNIE SHARPEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
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.