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JOSEPH WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1934 – May 22, 1966
Service recordJoseph Wilson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1934
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 104
- ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-ESTREMERAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1966
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- DUANE A WAKLEESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY ELDON PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 103
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.