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STEVEN WAYNE WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – September 6, 1969
Service recordSteven Wayne Wilson, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 52
- WILLIE JAMES WASHINGTONPrivate · September 6, 1969
- STEPHEN WALTER YOUNGSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- TOLLIE BAILEYCorporal · September 7, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BANKSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DANIEL BOOBARSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 46
- BOBBY GENE HAYNESSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 46
- WAYNE JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 50
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.