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WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1944 – June 3, 1966
Service recordWilliam Jeffrey Wilson, of Sanger, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Social Work Specialist (91H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Sanger, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 5
- STEPHEN H GAYMONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- HARDING EUGENE SMITH SRColonel · June 3, 1966
- ERVIN WARRENChief Master Sergeant · June 3, 1966
- EDGAR BROWER BURCHELL IIICorporal · June 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 2
- STEPHEN H GAYMONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 5
From Sanger
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · April 6, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DANNY ELBERT APPLETONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
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.