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WILLIAM JAMES WILDERS
Captain · U.S. Army
September 10, 1940 – November 16, 1966
Service recordWilliam James Wilders, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 81
- EUGENE BRUCE RHOADESCorporal · November 16, 1966
- JESSIE RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1966
- ROGER DALE RUOFFSpecialist Four · November 16, 1966
- HILBERT M SINGLETARY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 80
- JAMES HOWARD MCDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 80
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.