Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 67N – Utility Helicopter Repairer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 25-Feb-1947
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 12-Dec-1968
Entered service: 10-Jun-1968
Start of tour: 12-Dec-1968
Incident date: 6-Sep-1969
Date of casualty: 6-Sep-1969
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Accident. Accidental homicide. Other Accident.
Steven Wayne Wilson was walking across a helicopter pad. Another individual was clearing his weapon when it accidentally discharged with the round hitting Wilson.
Location of fatality: Phuoc Long, South Vietnam, YU 060 730
Place of interment: West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove, North Carolina, USA
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