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MICHAEL LUND WILSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1945 – June 3, 1968
Service recordMichael Lund Wilson, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 7
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 7
- PETER JOSEPH WEIDEMIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DAVID CLARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- IKE OTHEL BONNERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS NELSON BLADESStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 20
- DAVID ARMAND PROVOSTSergeant · Panel 60W, Line 4
- ANDREW JACKSON THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 6
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RONNIE EUGENE ALVORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 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.