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ROBERT GRANT WILSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1946 – November 6, 1966
Service recordRobert Grant Wilson, of Richland, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Mechanized Accounting (3042)
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Richland, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 35
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES EDMUND PETERSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- JAMES HERVEY SHANNON JRSergeant Major · November 6, 1966
- WILLIAM S MORGAN IISpecialist Four · November 7, 1966
From Richland
- DANIEL JOSEPH BURDICKFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1968
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.