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WENDELL LEWIS WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1946 – October 28, 1966
Service recordWendell Lewis Wilson, of Scottsville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Scottsville, Kentucky (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 125
- RONALD WYATTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GLEN HARRY YOUNGPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AARON DAVIS COWANSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 121
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 122
- THOMAS LEEK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 123
- ROBERT LEE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 123
- GLEN HARRY YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 125
From Scottsville
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- FLOYD G TALLEYSpecialist Five · December 8, 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.