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RAY GENE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRay Gene Wilson, of Hugo, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Hugo, Oklahoma (Choctaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 30 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 31
- WILLIAM ROBERT YASKANICHLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN PAUL ZIEGLERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS ALDERIDGESpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- XAVIER AMADO ARVIZUSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL JOSEPH RIEDERERPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 18
- ERNEST WILLIAM SWONERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31W, Line 25
From Hugo
- JOSH CAIN NOAHSergeant · November 20, 1967
- TROY NELSON SITTONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
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.