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WILLARD EUGENE WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1947 – September 16, 1969
Service recordWillard Eugene Wilson, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 99
- THEODORE WOOD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- JAMES MONROE WILLARDSergeant · September 16, 1969
- ROBSON WARD WILLSFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- LESLIE MORGAN ALYHospitalman · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE PEASECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 97
- ROBSON WARD WILLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 99
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.