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RODNEY DAVID WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1949 – July 3, 1969
Service recordRodney David Wilson, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 58
- GLENN ROGER WORKMANPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND DRISCOLL IIISergeant · July 4, 1969
- BEN GOODMAN DUGANPetty Officer Second Class · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BERLIN DEDONStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 50
- THOMAS VANCE HAGEMEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 51
- GARLAND DALE FLOYDCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 52
- BARRY LEE OSBORNSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 55
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 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.