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CHARLES BURTON FOX JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 16, 1946 – July 9, 1968
Service recordCharles Burton Fox JR, of Sparks, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 5
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Sparks, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 5
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- LE ROY GEEPrivate · July 9, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE GIBBINSCorporal · July 9, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 9, 1968
- STEPHEN LOUIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL V ARENAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 3
- HUGH LEE HARRINGTONSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 6
- FREDERICK RAYMOND MILLEDGESpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 7
- DALE EUGENE NORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 7
From Sparks
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- MICHAEL L BRAEUTIGANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SHEALance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD ANTHONY CARRUTHERSLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ANDREW ERNEST LEBEAU JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- RICHARD HOWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- DENNIS W LONDONSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.