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MICHAEL JAY WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1948 – October 14, 1968
Service recordMichael Jay Wilson, of Sussex, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 63
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
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Sussex, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 63
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- TERRY LYNN TIMMSSergeant · October 14, 1968
- SCOTT THOMAS WIMMERPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
- OTTO WAYNE AUESergeant · October 15, 1968
From Sussex
- BRUCE PAUL NETTESHEIMSergeant · April 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.