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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles Allen Raulston.

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CHARLES ALLEN RAULSTON

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

August 22, 1941 – March 21, 1970

Service record

Charles Allen Raulston, of South Pittsburg, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 12W · Line 31

Position of Panel 12W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
Unit (as recorded)
1 FIELD FORCE
Born
August 22, 1941
Home of record
South Pittsburg, Tennessee (Marion County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 21, 1970
Age
28
Province
Binh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 12W, Line 31

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.