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ROBERT LEE WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 16, 1938 – March 15, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Wilson, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 15, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 73
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- September 16, 1938
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Bronx County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 73
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- EARL CONRAD RIDER JRSergeant · March 18, 1969
- JERRY ERNEST SAMSONLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- CLYDE EDWARD SAXONLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.