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CHARLES WILLIE DOKES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 25, 1949 – February 27, 1970
Service recordCharles Willie Dokes, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 62
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 62
- FREDDIE CARVIAL DEFOORPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
- DONALD HALLSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- JAMES BENEDICT HEARDCorporal · February 27, 1970
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 62
- HOWARD LEWIS LUCAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 63
From Pine Bluff
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIERAirman Second Class · July 1, 1967
- FREDRICK LAMAR THROWERTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HOUSECorporal · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 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.