John Henry Wilson

John Henry Wilson

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 11/03/69

PERSONAL DATA

Home of Record: Scranton, PA
Date of birth: 01/02/1950

MILITARY DATA

Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E5
Rank: Sergeant ID
MOS: 11B40: Infantryman
Length Service: 01
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 22ND INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV, USARV

CASUALTY DATA

Start Tour: 08/06/1969
Incident Date: 11/03/1969
Casualty Date: 11/03/1969
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

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John Wilson was killed in action in a firefight at grid reference BR781053,
approximately 5 kilometers west/southwest of Van Canh airfield.

John Henry Wilson in Vietnam

Photo by Joe Cassel, Company A 1/22 Infantry 1969-70

SGT John Henry Wilson's decorations

John is buried at Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Grave marker for John H. Wilson

For a tribute to John Henry Wilson click on the following link:

Together We Served

Top photo of John H. Wilson from the VVMF website

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