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STEPHEN DAVID WILKINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1948 – April 8, 1969
Service recordStephen David Wilkinson, of North Stonington, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- North Stonington, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 43
- JIMMY ROGER WESTMORELANDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- LEON WILSONCorporal · April 8, 1969
- JAMES HENRY ADAMSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- JAMES GEORGE BUNCH JRSergeant · April 9, 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.