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29 Mar 69
Dear Mom and Dad,
We are getting a lot of new guys in the company now. When you’re just responsible for yourself, everything is easy, but when you’ve got to watch out for a bunch of kids, then the going gets rough. I’m not afraid of the responsibility and, in fact, I’m sort of enjoying it. The thing that bothers me the most is that one mistake on my part could cause one of them to get hurt. I guess I owe at least that much to them, because I was treated that way when I first got here. All the men that we get sent to us are new. This leaves us with a problem of not only breaking in the PFC’s, but also the leaders…I don’t want to sound like a war-torn hero, because I’m not…
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Sp/4 James H. Wilson, from Sparta, Tennessee, arrived in Vietnam on 16 June 1968 and was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. He was killed in action near the Cambodian border on 31 March 1969, two days after receiving the Bronze Star with a Presidential Citation for meritorious achievement in ground operations against hostile forces. He was promoted posthumously to sergeant. He was 21 years old.
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