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CHARLES ALBERT STOKEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 14, 1943 – April 9, 1967
Service recordCharles Albert Stoken, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 7
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 7
- ALLEN WAYNE PORTERPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- FRANCIS M RINKERSergeant First Class · April 9, 1967
- THOMAS ALEXANDER SMITHLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY CLINTON EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 2
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 3
- GLENN JOHN HLAVACEKCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 4
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 5
- WILLIAM CURTIS MADISONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- DALE E MILAMSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 6
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.