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ROBERT CHARLES WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1946 – January 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Wilson, of Dobbs Ferry, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Dobbs Ferry, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 3
- CRAIG PRESTON WHITELance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RAYMOND WHITEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONALD WOOLEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEROY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
From Dobbs Ferry
- ROBERT JUDE REILLYCaptain · October 11, 1964
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.