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LEVI JAMES WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1950 – April 8, 1971
Service recordLevi James Wilson, of Saraland, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Saraland, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 113
- CHARLES F THOMAS IVCaptain · April 8, 1971
- MAUSE JOSEPH LEWIS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1971
- ALLAN FRANCIS WILKINSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
- MATT JOHN WODARCZYKChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1971
From Saraland
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- LEE ARTICE DIXONLance Corporal · November 7, 1967
- JOHN OLIVER WHITESergeant · January 22, 1968
- BILLY LEE JACKSONStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- ROOSEVELT HURST JRSergeant · July 5, 1968
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1968
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.