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WILMER DWAYNE WILSON
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 15, 1948 – April 16, 1968
Service recordWilmer Dwayne Wilson, of Sweetwater, Texas, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 24
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
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Texas (Nolan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 24
- JERRY ALAN SWEETPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- SETH LEE WEST JRStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT WRIGHTCorporal · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WYMERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From Sweetwater
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- DONALD NEAL KENNONMajor · February 13, 1969
- CURTIS MORRIS ASHTONPetty Officer First Class · December 27, 1969
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · January 14, 1970
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
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.