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LAWRENCE HUMES WILSON JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

August 29, 1946 – July 19, 1966

Service record

Lawrence Humes Wilson JR, of Lorane, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 9E · Line 44

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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: August 29, 1946
Home of record: Lorane, Oregon (Lane County)

Casualty

Date of death: July 19, 1966
Age: 19
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Killed in Action
Circumstance: Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.

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Elsewhere

Also on Panel 9E, Line 44

DARRYL GORDON WINTERSAirman First Class · July 19, 1966
STEPHEN ANDREW ZUKOVPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
JAMES FREDERICK ASKINPetty Officer Second Class · July 20, 1966
CLIFFORD SHERAN BRATCHERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966

Same unit, same day

HEARNE W BEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 35
KENNETH MERLE BRANAMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
DANNIE JAMES BREWINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
THOMAS J BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 36
JOHN TOSHIO DOIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
RODGER DEAN CLAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 37
CHARLES HENRY CRANESergeant · Panel 9E, Line 37
JACK MONTGOMERY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 38
BERNARD DILLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 38
CHARLES ROGER FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 38
DALLAS EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
DAVID WILLIAM HOLMESSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 39
EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
ROBERT WAYNE RUHLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
MEREDITH GERALD HUBBARDSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 40
LAMOND JOSEPH JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 40
ALLEN LEO JELINEKPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 40
RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · Panel 9E, Line 40
DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 41
MICHAEL JERRY MUMMELStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 41
YOSHIIWA NAGATOFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 42
LEROY EMANUEL PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 42
JOSE C GOSSESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 43
BERNARD ALAN GREENPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 43

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.