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PERCY LEE WILFORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1938 – March 28, 1967
Service recordPercy Lee Wilford, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 66
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Drill Instructor (8511)
- Born
- November 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 66
- JOHN LARUE BRIMStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- GUY JOSEPH BRUNGARDTechnical Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- JOHN BISHOP CABANA JRCaptain · March 29, 1967
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.