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WILLIAM EARL WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – June 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Earl Wilson, of Laurens, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 21
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurens, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 21
- LARRY DEAN SWANEYSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- MILTON RICHARD ALLERBY JRHospitalman · June 11, 1968
- DANIEL FRANCIS ANDRUSLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES GUST CLITTYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
From Laurens
- SANFORD LEWIS NELSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- JAMES CLIFFORD MCKITTRICKMajor · June 18, 1967
- DANNY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- CARY JOSEPH SMITHSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILLIE ERSKINE MADDENCorporal · March 3, 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.