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RICHARD EDWIN WILSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1945 – December 27, 1965
Service recordRichard Edwin Wilson, of Inkster, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 42
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Assault Amphibious Vehicle (2142)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 AMTRAC BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Inkster, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 42
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD KIERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- PAUL CLIVE O TAYLORPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
From Inkster
- JAMES MCMURRAY MCLEANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- JOSEPH BONNERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- HOWARD JOSEPH MANERPetty Officer First Class · June 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTONSergeant · March 20, 1970
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.