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ROBERT BRUCE WILSON IV
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 20, 1948 – November 19, 1967
Service recordRobert Bruce Wilson IV, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 36
- CHARLES JOSEPH WATTERSMajor · November 19, 1967
- REMER GARTH WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 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.