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CHARLES A SULLIVAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – April 12, 1967
Service recordCharles A Sullivan JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 509 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SMITHSeaman Apprentice · April 12, 1967
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- VICTORIANO VELEZSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.