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RICHARD LEWIS WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – January 14, 1972
Service recordRichard Lewis Wilson, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 97
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1972; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 97
- KENNETH CORNEY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1972
- CARLTON LEO DIXONSergeant · January 13, 1972
- STARLING G HAWKINSSergeant · January 14, 1972
- DAVID ERWIN VICKERSSergeant · January 14, 1972
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
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.