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TOMMY ROBERT WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1939 – December 2, 1965
Service recordTommy Robert Wilson, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 120
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Tennessee (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 120
- ARTHUR NELLO MCMELLONStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
Same unit, same day
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 120
From Sweetwater
- FREDDY LYNN GRAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- LARRY RANDALL ARWOODSergeant · November 9, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE LATHAMSergeant · May 12, 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.