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WILLIAM GEORGE WILKINS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1949 – April 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam George Wilkins, of Mt Pleasant, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Pleasant, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 44
- JAMES STRECHA JRCorporal · April 2, 1968
- WATSON UNDERWOOD JRSergeant · April 2, 1968
- WESLEY WILLIAM WHITELance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
From Mt Pleasant
- CHARLES LOUIS ZOOGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- THOMAS BLAIR KEMERERLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- DAVID ELSON HOMMELSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- RONALD ELI ALINCICPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
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.