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LAVON STEPHEN WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1944 – February 10, 1965
Service recordLavon Stephen Wilson, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Structural Repairer (68G)
- Born
- March 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 92
- FLOYD WYNNPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- ROBERT WOODROW GROVEGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1965
From Roswell
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.