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RICHARD LEE WILKERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1949 – April 3, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Wilkerson, of Chana, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Chana, Illinois (Ogle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 90
- ARNOLD TILMAN RIDERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH SILVASpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHCorporal · April 3, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL STEPHEN BERGER JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 87
- RAINER LOUIS COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 87
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 88
- NICHOLAS LEWIS GARDELISPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 88
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.