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WALTER LEE WILSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 2, 1947 – February 24, 1970
Service recordWalter Lee Wilson JR, of Greenville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 24, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 52
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, North Carolina (Pitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 52
- JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- PATRICK LEROY SMITHCaptain · February 24, 1970
- HENRY LOUIS VALO JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
From Greenville
- TERRY WAYNE SUTTONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- GRIFFIN ELI SCARBOROUGHCaptain · May 12, 1968
- WILLIE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MOYECorporal · August 22, 1968
- GARY STEPHEN HODGESPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- DONALD RAY ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- RONNIE GILMAN ALCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PARNELLSergeant · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD KEY GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 14, 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.