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CHARLES ROBERT WILKERSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1936 – August 30, 1967
Service recordCharles Robert Wilkerson, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 72
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1936
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 72
- ALFRED JAMES SMITHCorporal · August 30, 1967
- HARVIE G SMITHSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- CHARLES DANNIE TURNBOUGHLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JACK WILLIAM WILKINSONPetty Officer First Class · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- DOUGLAS COATSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 68
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROBERT WEST MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 70
- VAUGHAN SHAW MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 71
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
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.