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RUSSELL LEE WILCOX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1947 – January 18, 1968
Service recordRussell Lee Wilcox, of Waynesfield, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 72
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
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Waynesfield, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 72
- ROBERT LOUIS TRACYPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- CASIMIRO VILLONSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEROY WHITEHEADSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
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.