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WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSON
Chief Warrant Officer 4 · U.S. Air Force
May 4, 1920 – December 16, 1967
Service recordWilliam Gilbert Wilkinson, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 16, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CWO-4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 4, 1920
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 14
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- RICHARD ALLAN HOUSECorporal · December 17, 1967
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.