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CHARLES THOMAS WILCOX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – May 8, 1971
Service recordCharles Thomas Wilcox, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Chagrin Falls, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 27
- MARTIN ROGER LLOYDSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
- THOMAS PAUL CADIEUXSergeant · May 9, 1971
- JOHNELL LAVERNE CHASTANGPrivate First Class · May 9, 1971
- RONALD LEE DOOLITTLESpecialist Four · May 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN KIRCHNERPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 26
- MARTIN ROGER LLOYDSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 27
From Chagrin Falls
- MELVIN LOUIS STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1966
- LOUIS HENRY JILEKSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- LESLIE VERNARD HURLEBAUSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT ENOCH WILLIAMSCorporal · September 23, 1968
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 24, 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.