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WILLIE GENE WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – April 9, 1968
Service recordWillie Gene Wilson, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 7
- GREGORY J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT HELM WOODCorporal · April 9, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEVERNE ACKERMANSergeant · April 10, 1968
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 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.