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WILLIAM D WILSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – November 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam D Wilson, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 19
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 19
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- VERNON E WHETHAMSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 9
- WHYLEY E JOSHSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 11
- WILLIAM E GROVESSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 12
- NORMAN F LOEFFLER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 13
- LEON PETER MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 13
- JACK ROGERSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 16
- LAWRENCE DAVID SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 17
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.