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RODNEY JOSEPH WILSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 13, 1941 – September 3, 1966
Service recordRodney Joseph Wilson, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 588 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- July 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 67
- DONALD RICHARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLOGunnery Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
From Texarkana
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE LYNN HARLANDSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 1972
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.