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KENNETH RICHARD WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1945 – May 19, 1968
Service recordKenneth Richard Wilson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 2
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM LARRY WILSONCorporal · May 19, 1968
- GARY LEE WITHERELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAY BAERSergeant · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN ARLEIGH ALLENSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 4
- WILLIAM CLARENCE BALDWINCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 4
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · Panel 63E, Line 5
- OVERTIS HINTON JRCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 10
- GUY LEONARD JEWETTSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 11
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 16
- JAYE ARTHUR SHARPESergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 19
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.