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CHARLES LEE WILK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1945 – November 24, 1967
Service recordCharles Lee Wilk, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 82
- WILLIAM CARY SMITHPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ TORRESSergeant · November 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DAVID RAY BLACKBURNFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 14, 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.