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NORMAN RAYMOND WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1940 – June 15, 1966
Service recordNorman Raymond Wilson, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Born
- February 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 50
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- JAMES CLARENCE WALLACESergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JOHN TERRY ADAMSLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.