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CHARLES EDWIN WILSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1949 – February 23, 1969
Service recordCharles Edwin Wilson, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 30
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 30
- CHARLIE LARRY WILDERSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RONALD JAMES WILKINSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
- WILLIE LEE WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · February 23, 1969
- JOHN STANTON WILSONCaptain · February 23, 1969
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.