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RICHARD LEE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – August 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Wilson, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 110
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 110
- LEWIS LEROY SHORTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- FREDERICK WELSHPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- EDMOND DALE WIMMERGRENSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- LIONEL WORKMANSergeant · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 106
- JOSE ANTONIO CARRIONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 107
- STEPHEN PAUL SHANERSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 109
From Sapulpa
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- MERLE KEITH CARTERFireman · October 22, 1967
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · July 26, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RONALD HERMAN YOUNGConstructionman · April 13, 1969
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · May 1, 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.