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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Micheal Wilson.

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WILLIAM MICHEAL WILSON

Private First Class · U.S. Army

April 12, 1949 – June 27, 1969

Service record

William Micheal Wilson, of Boulder, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 21W · Line 25

Position of Panel 21W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
198 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
April 12, 1949
Home of record
Boulder, Wyoming (Sublette County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 27, 1969
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 21W, Line 25

Same unit, same day

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.