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ROBERT ALLYN WILSON
Captain · U.S. Army
August 11, 1936 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Allyn Wilson, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 18
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- JERRY RONALD WHITMANLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE WITZIGPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · Panel 56E, Line 14
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.