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WILLIAM REED WILSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1949 – July 31, 1969
Service recordWilliam Reed Wilson JR, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 82
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 82
- JAMES EDWARD SHELTONPrivate First Class · July 31, 1969
- JOHN LESLIE BRADFORDPrivate First Class · August 1, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLENN BURDFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1969
- TOMMY LEON CALLIESCaptain · August 1, 1969
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 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.