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ROBERT LAURENCE WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1935 – August 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Laurence Wilson, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 64
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 64
- HAROLD SNYDER JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKOCorporal · August 1, 1967
- MONTY NORRIS WILSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKOCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 64
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.