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MICHAEL LEE WILKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – March 29, 1969
Service recordMichael Lee Wilkins, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 88
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 88
- THOMAS ARTHUR WIESECorporal · March 29, 1969
- LYLE GLENN ASTONSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- ELMER EDWARD BARRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BRADLEY CLAYBAUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 79
- ROBERT OWEN COLESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 79
- ROSS WILLARD COLLINS JRPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 80
- BRUCE WILLIAM DANIELSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- JOHN JOE ELSENRATHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- WILLIAM C GOULD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 81
- DAVID IRA STYLESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 81
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.