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WILLIAM HENRY WILSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1945 – June 9, 1968
Service recordWilliam Henry Wilson JR, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 16
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 16
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- EMORY DAVID VOORHIESCorporal · June 9, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JACK LEE WOOLSEYLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
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.