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CHARLES FREDERICK STROCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1944 – February 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Frederick Strock, of Santee, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Santee, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Vinh Binh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 4
- JAMES RONALD OAKLEYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- DANNY RALPH PIERCEPrivate · February 23, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- ALLAN FRANCIS SULLIVANChief Petty Officer · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RALPH ETHERIDGELieutenant Colonel · Panel 40E, Line 73
- CHARLES EDWARD PURSERMajor · Panel 41E, Line 2
From Santee
- RONALD TERRY WALDROPPrivate · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN ALVAREZWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1968
- DONNIE RAY SIZEMOREPrivate First Class · June 13, 1970
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.