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CHARLES KIRBY WILCOX
Captain · U.S. Army
June 4, 1942 – January 9, 1968
Service recordCharles Kirby Wilcox, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 12
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 12
- EDWARD JAMES HARRIS JRSecond Lieutenant · January 9, 1968
- MARTIN W WELESKI IIISpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- HAROLD JAMES WESOLICK JRStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GENIE LEE MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 8
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
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.