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WILLIAM EIDMAN WILCOX JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 7, 1945 – May 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Eidman Wilcox JR, of Kenmore, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Kenmore, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 17
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · May 10, 1968
- JERRY WHITAKERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- RANDOLPH RECARDO WILKINSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- LONNIE RAY YOUNGLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 3
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 6
- ARTHUR CASTILLO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 16
From Kenmore
- KENNETH WILLIAM ORTON JRSergeant · April 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS CATALANOPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
- ROGER EDWARD KELLYLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- HARRY JAY KORDASIEWICZPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1968
- THOMAS F FLANIGAN IICaptain · September 15, 1968
- RONALD SHAFER PIERCEPrivate · May 7, 1969
- JOHN LAWRENCE WARDStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
- JOHN GEORGE PAGEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
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.