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WALTER GENE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1946 – March 28, 1968
Service recordWalter Gene Wilson, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 60
- JOHN THOMAS SUMMERS IIICorporal · March 28, 1968
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- MICHAEL WALTER WALLACELieutenant Commander · March 28, 1968
- FRANK TAYLOR WATTSLance Corporal · March 28, 1968
- HOWARD DANIEL WEEKSSergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EMERSON PAUL COLESergeant · Panel 46E, Line 56
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.