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MONTY NORRIS WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1947 – August 1, 1967
Service recordMonty Norris Wilson, of Bel Air, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 64
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 2 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Bel Air, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 64
- HAROLD SNYDER JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKOCorporal · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT LAURENCE WILSONStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
From Bel Air
- OSCAR EDMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1965
- GARY RAY SCHAFERLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- MAXIMILIAN HEINRI SIMMETHMajor · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1971
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.