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CHARLES DAVID WILKIE
Major · U.S. Army
June 6, 1934 – December 8, 1967
Service recordCharles David Wilkie, of Bellerose, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 6, 1934
- Home of record
- Bellerose, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 67
- CLAUDE JOSEPH STEINPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- DAVID ARLINGTON TANNERSergeant · December 8, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JRSergeant · December 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY DENNIS AMESStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 62
- LLOYD DONALD MICHAELLieutenant Colonel · Panel 31E, Line 65
From Bellerose
- RONALD EDWIN PFEIFERCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- STEPHEN MICHAEL GABRYSCaptain · April 29, 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.