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KERRY FRANK WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – February 8, 1969
Service recordKerry Frank Wilson, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 90
- JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- MANUEL GURROLA ULLOASergeant · February 8, 1969
- CALVIN WAYNE WILKINSLance Corporal · February 8, 1969
- RUSSELL BYRD ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY BROWNCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 83
- DAVID PETER HAEGELESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 85
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 85
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 86
- ALEXANDER A S PEOPLESSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 88
- MICHAEL JOHN SPEARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
- MANUEL GURROLA ULLOASergeant · Panel 33W, Line 90
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.