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VIRGIL HENRY WILSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 17, 1948 – October 11, 1968
Service recordVirgil Henry Wilson JR, of Golts, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Golts, Maryland (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 50
- J D WALTERSCorporal · October 11, 1968
- MARVIN WESLEY JRSergeant · October 11, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH ABRAHAMSergeant · October 12, 1968
- RONALD ELI ALINCICPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN RUTHERFORD HOOVER IIISergeant · Panel 41W, Line 47
- PAUL NARCISSESergeant · Panel 41W, Line 49
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.