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JOSEPH MICHAEL WILSHER
Captain · U.S. Army
June 9, 1941 – February 24, 1971
Service recordJoseph Michael Wilsher, of Edinburg, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 3
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 3
- CRAIG JAMES JAKELSpecialist Five · February 24, 1971
- ARTHUR KAORU KAWACHIKASpecialist Five · February 24, 1971
- MICHAEL HENRY KEYSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1971
- DENNIS ARTHUR SMITHCaptain · February 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EVANS BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 2
- STEVEN WILLIAM GOELZWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 2
- VERNON ANDREW GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 2
- CLARENCE DEAN HAKESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 2
- CRAIG JAMES JAKELSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 3
From Edinburg
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- TEODORO DAVILAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL GOMEZLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- ALFREDO GONZALEZSergeant · February 4, 1968
- NOLAN LESTER SIMMONSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 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.