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MICKEY LOUIS WILSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – May 10, 1971
Service recordMickey Louis Wilson, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 31
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 31
- HENRY LINCOLN WATTS SRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- NOEL BRUCE WITMERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
- GARY DOYLE CHRISSSergeant · May 11, 1971
- CHRIS B CORDOVASpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES PATTONColonel · Panel 3W, Line 29
- LEWIS CLARK WALTONSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 30
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.