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RICHARD HERBERT WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – March 17, 1970
Service recordRichard Herbert Wilson, of Marble, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Marble, North Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 16
- MARK ANDREW WHIKEHARTWarrant Officer 1 · March 17, 1970
- LAWRENCE RAY BARNSStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1970
- GARLAND DAVE BENOITCorporal · March 18, 1970
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 13
- ALEXANDER FRANK POTASSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 14
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- RODNEY RAY UBERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- CHARLES ALLEN WALTERSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 15
From Marble
- BILLIE JACK MCCLUREPrivate · February 20, 1969
- JIMMY V SMITHPrivate First Class · February 23, 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.