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JOSEPH G WILSON III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 11, 1943 – January 14, 1969
Service recordJoseph G Wilson III, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 14, 1969, in Thailand, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 3
- JOHN EARL WARREN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1969
- TIMOTHY LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN WILSONPetty Officer First Class · January 14, 1969
- RICHARD PHILIP YANCHUK JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1969
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.