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ROGER LEE WILSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1944 – January 20, 1968
Service recordRoger Lee Wilson, of Elgin, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 1
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
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- March 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Elgin, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 1
- JOHN WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
From Elgin
- NELSON ROGER MOOREMaster Sergeant · May 24, 1966
- FLORENTINO JOHN SANTANAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR BOONEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY CHRISTENSENSergeant · January 19, 1969
- EDWIN FRANCIS TURK JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · March 28, 1970
- CALVIN EDWARD MILAMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
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.