The Wall › Panel 5E › Arizona › Charles A Southard III
CHARLES A SOUTHARD III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1932 – February 22, 1966
Service recordCharles A Southard III, of Pearce, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · 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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1932
- Home of record
- Pearce, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 62
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- WILLIAM BRICE PARNELLStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1966
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LYNDSEY FRANK FONGERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 60
- ROBERT LEWIS MACKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
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.