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WILBUR DALE LATIMER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 23, 1944 – January 19, 1971
Service recordWilbur Dale Latimer, of Searcy, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Searcy, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 55
- JOSHUA MARICE DANIELSPrivate · January 18, 1971
- EUGENE THOMAS GILMORESergeant · January 18, 1971
- BILLY JOE PLASTER JRCorporal · January 18, 1971
- LARRY JUNIOR PRICECorporal · January 18, 1971
From Searcy
- WILLIAM WARD SMITHCaptain · July 23, 1966
- OTIS LAMONT PHILLIPSCorporal · February 4, 1968
- JESSE J CUNNINGHAM JRCorporal · June 24, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE CHARLES DEANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1972
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.