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CHARLES ALAN PURSELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 12, 1950 – April 10, 1970
Service recordCharles Alan Pursell, of Fresno, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 119
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 119
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT PERKINS JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WHITEMANSpecialist Five · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN ARLEY STOUTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 120
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.