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CHARLES ALFRED VARNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – March 13, 1970
Service recordCharles Alfred Varner, of Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 125
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 125
- THOMAS URQUHARTCorporal · March 13, 1970
- SAMUEL GARCIA YBARRACorporal · March 13, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN BANKSPrivate · March 14, 1970
- GLENN RICHARD BREWSTERSergeant · March 14, 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.