The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles Chester Wilcox.

The Wall › Panel 31E › New York › Charles Chester Wilcox

CHARLES CHESTER WILCOX

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

December 4, 1945 – December 7, 1967

Service record

Charles Chester Wilcox, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31E · Line 61

Position of Panel 31E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
190 AHC 1 AVN BDE
Born
December 4, 1945
Home of record
Buffalo, New York (Erie County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 7, 1967
Age
22
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 31E, Line 61

From Buffalo

All 151 names from Buffalo →

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.