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CHARLES STANLEY COX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1946 – April 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Stanley Cox, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 37
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JESSE JAMES COONSergeant · April 23, 1968
- CLAUDE HENRY COVINGTONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 38
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · Panel 51E, Line 39
- ANDREW LEROY MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 40
- RONALD OGLESBYSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JAMES EDWARD RAINBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 42
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 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.