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MICHAEL LAYTEN WILDES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 2, 1944 – June 12, 1965
Service recordMichael Layten Wildes, of Callahan, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 10
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Callahan, Florida (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 10
- EDGAR CLARENCE BROWNCorporal · June 13, 1965
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- ROBERT DARYL GALLUPCaptain · June 16, 1965
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
From Callahan
- WILLIAM VINCENT FLYNNFireman · September 20, 1969
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.