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JUAN JAY WILSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1947 – February 14, 1969
Service recordJuan Jay Wilson, of Thoreau, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Thoreau, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 35
- ROGER DALE LEWISPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- DAVID OWEN SULLIVANLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK WITTSecond Lieutenant · February 14, 1969
- MARC ALAN WOODWORTHSpecialist Four · February 14, 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.