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WILLIAM MHOON WILKERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1948 – September 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Mhoon Wilkerson, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 21
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 21
- LAURENCE OLIVER WOODSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- CREED LORENZIO BRYANTLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- CECIL WAYNE CAROTHERSPetty Officer Second Class · September 11, 1968
- BRUCE LANDON CARTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 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.