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WILLIE WOODSON WILKERSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1926 – July 23, 1966
Service recordWillie Woodson Wilkerson, of Willow Springs, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 3, 1926
- Home of record
- Willow Springs, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 64
- GENE THOMAS PEMBERTONColonel · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM WARD SMITHCaptain · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS VOHSCorporal · July 23, 1966
- ORVILLE D WELLSCorporal · July 23, 1966
From Willow Springs
- NEAL ALBERT DENNINGPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.