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MARION EARL WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1947 – February 3, 1968
Service recordMarion Earl Wilson, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 16
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
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37E, Line 16
- DANIEL PENA JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLIE ACES STEWART JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNGSergeant · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD ZUNIGALance Corporal · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 1
- LARRY GEORGE CANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 4
- VERNON ZIGMAN JOHNSSergeant First Class · Panel 37E, Line 5
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 6
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 6
- LESLIE LAWRENCE COWDENSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 8
- EUGENE M KORECKICaptain · Panel 37E, Line 9
- EDWARD MCCORVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 11
- HOWARD SADLER JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 13
- DALE HOWARD SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 14
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
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.