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KEITH LESLIE WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1942 – August 31, 1968
Service recordKeith Leslie Wilson, of Marathon, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Marathon, Iowa (Buena Vista County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 17
- STANLEY LAWTON SIETINGSergeant · August 31, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY MILLERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 15
- JOHN PANAK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 16
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.