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CHARLES EARL WILCOX JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1938 – April 10, 1968
Service recordCharles Earl Wilcox JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 17
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 18, 1938
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 17
- ROBERT WARREN MADSONSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- TOMMY DALE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- MAXIE R WILLIAMS JRFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1968
- JESSE LAVERN WILLOUGHBYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AUBREY ALLEN BRYANSergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 8
- CRECENCIO CARDOSASergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 9
- GEORGE NOBLE DEVERALLCaptain · Panel 49E, Line 10
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETTSergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 14
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.