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PHILLIP ALLEN WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – December 16, 1970
Service recordPhillip Allen Wilson, of Plainwell, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 126
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Plainwell, Michigan (Allegan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 December 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 126
- FRED ALBERT WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH WILSONCaptain · December 16, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL CURTISStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1970
- GREGORY ALLEN GYDESENCorporal · December 17, 1970
From Plainwell
- JOHN J FLEMINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- RUSSELL LEE ROOTSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LARRY A WINSLOWSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1968
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.