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MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1948 – September 3, 1968
Service recordMichael Donvian Wilson, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 35
- THOMAS ALAN ACKERMANSergeant · September 4, 1968
- FERDINAND ORA BARGER JRLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1968
- ROGER DALE BELLCorporal · September 4, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD BINGMANStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1968
From Lima
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- ARMON D SHINGLEDECKERCaptain · May 31, 1966
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.