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ROY HASKEL WILSON
Captain · U.S. Army
June 13, 1937 – October 22, 1968
Service recordRoy Haskel Wilson, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 22
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Elizabethton, Tennessee (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 22
- ROBERT CARLOS PAHCHEKAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN PAHLPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- BENIGNO RIVERA-GALARZASpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- TERRY HUGH BEARDSLEESpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HERBERT FISHERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 19
- JAMES EARNEST FOSTERSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 19
- BILLY KNIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 21
From Elizabethton
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- DALE ALONZO JOHNSONMajor · October 27, 1966
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL AVERYLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SHAFFERLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · February 23, 1969
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.