Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
Headstone of Clyde David Wilkinson
Headstone of Clyde David Wilkinson
U.S. Army · United States United States

Clyde David Wilkinson

Captain
1945 – 1971
Silver StarDistinguished Flying CrossBronze Star MedalPurple Heart
Air MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 05W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Captain Clyde David Wilkinson served in the U.S. Army. Clyde served with the 101 AIRBORNE DIV. Clyde served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Clyde was 25 years old.

How He Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Injury, unspecified
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Tri
Keepsakes
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Service Record
U.S. Army
C TRP, 2ND SQDN, 17TH CAVALRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
1981: Rotary Wing Aviation Unit Commander
CPT
AIR OBSERVATION PILOT
QUANG TRI
2000
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 8

For valor

Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross

For service and achievement

Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 05W · Line 100 cut as CLYDE D WILKINSON
Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery
Section 66
Grave 4882
In Our Keeping
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Clyde David Wilkinson
Captain
U.S. Army
- 2000
17th Cavalry Regiment
Captain
Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart
Air Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
17TH CAVALRY REGIMENT - Distinctive Unit Insignia

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