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MICHAEL JOSEPH WILSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1946 – May 12, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Wilson, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 102
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 102
- DENNIS ARTHUR TRIMBLESpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT VANCEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- JAMES ERVIN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.