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RICHARD WILSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1952 – June 15, 1971
Service recordRichard Wilson JR, of Crawfordsville, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 77
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 8, 1952
- Home of record
- Crawfordsville, Arkansas (Crittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 77
- FLOYD LEE BRADSHAW IIISpecialist Four · June 15, 1971
- SYLVESTER C MARTINEZSergeant · June 15, 1971
- BILLY DEAN PEDINGSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 15, 1971
- JAMES ALLEN SOUTHERFireman · June 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLY DEAN PEDINGSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 77
- DONALD WOODSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 78
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.