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NATHANIEL WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – June 22, 1966
Service recordNathaniel Wilson, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 78
- THOMAS EMERSON SULLIVANSergeant · June 22, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIEPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HARRY JOHN BELKNAPEnsign · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 74
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 76
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 76
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 77
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.