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CHARLES A SPRINGER
Captain · U.S. Army
July 28, 1937 – November 12, 1967
Service recordCharles A Springer, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 86
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 86
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- LEONARD ALAN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN WARRENLance Corporal · November 12, 1967
- GOLER JUNIOR WILLIAMSSergeant · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACOB ORTIZStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 80
- GREGG MICHAEL GOSLINSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 82
- ELZIE SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 85
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.