DEAN CHARLES WILSON

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/24/1969

Age: 19
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Sep 1, 1949
From: ALTURAS, CA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Jun 11, 1969
Casualty was on Jun 24, 1969
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER ACCIDENT
Body was recovered

Panel 21W - Line 11

Dean Wilson was killed in an explosion of a sling load of ammunition at grid reference ZA053938,
approximately 2 kilometers east/northeast of Polei Kleng airfield.

PFC Dean C. Wilson's decorations

PVT E-2 Dean Wilson

Dean Wilson and I were new guys on June 24, 1969, when a patrol was being mustered to guard some ammo
that had accidently fallen from a transport helicopter. Dean had realized that I had just returned from a “Green Eye” ambush,
and voluntarily agreed to go out on this mission in my stead. He knew I was badly in need of some rest.
That was the kind of soldier Dean was, always putting others welfare above his own.

Later that evening, we learned that the munitions had exploded, killing five and wounding several others.
Most of us understood that the enemy had booby-trapped it. We all grieved for them when the services were held the next day
on the small fire-base we occupied.

I am proud to have served with Dean C. Wilson. I will always carry the weight of his loss. He was, and always will be my brother.

Frederick L. Golladay

Sunday, October 17, 2004

Personal display for Dean, sent in by his family

Dean is buried at the Alturas Cemetery, Alturas, CA

Grave marker for Dean Charles Wilson

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