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REGINALD EUGENE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1945 – July 21, 1967
Service recordReginald Eugene Wilson, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 106
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 106
- GENE ARCARO WHITELance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JAMES LEMAR WHITFIELDPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE WOODPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.