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MICHAEL LANCE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1949 – January 7, 1968
Service recordMichael Lance Wilson, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 77
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
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 77
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- PAUL HENLEY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOSEPH CLERMAN WIAR JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
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.