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SYLVESTER WILLIAM WILSON
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1932 – November 24, 1967
Service recordSylvester William Wilson, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 75
- LARRY LEE WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1967
- JAMES R WORRELL JRPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- RONALD ALAN CROSEPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
- ROBERT STANLEY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
- MARTIN LARRY HANNOSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 77
- DAVID LYNN HILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- VERTIS L MACKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- GORDON STUART MCCLARYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 80
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 82
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.