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CHARLES A GORDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1945 – June 27, 1968
Service recordCharles A Gordon, of Hawthorne, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 6
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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 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, Florida (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 6
- BENNIE EDWARD HODGESSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
- JON WALTER LAYTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 27, 1968
- MANUEL TORRES LOPEZSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSONSergeant · June 27, 1968
From Hawthorne
- NORMAN KENNETH BRISTOWSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- HENRY BERTRAM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.