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WILLIAM RALPH WILSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
July 1, 1941 – June 8, 1969
Service recordWilliam Ralph Wilson, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 115
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Journalist (JO)
- Born
- July 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 115
- ROBERT GUY STRICKLINPetty Officer First Class · June 8, 1969
- TERRY EDWARD TOOLECorporal · June 8, 1969
- IGNACIO L VILLALOBOSSpecialist Five · June 8, 1969
- ROY LEACY WALKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.