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CHARLES B JILCOTT JR
Captain · U.S. Army
July 8, 1944 – March 8, 1968
Service recordCharles B Jilcott JR, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 55
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Air Observation Pilot (71981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 55
- CHARLES EDWARD HODGEPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY HOGANPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- SAMUEL BERNARD HUDSONPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- EDUARDO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DOUGLAS BEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 51
- GUY LEE EISENHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 43E, Line 53
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
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.