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CHARLES ANTHONY MAJER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1946 – April 10, 1968
Service recordCharles Anthony Majer, of Troy, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 13
- HARRY FRANKLIN CARVERStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD MARCOLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- WILLY ROBERT MICHALIKPrivate · April 10, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS MUKAIPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND E KELLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 11
- ROBERT JOSEPH SOWINSKICorporal · Panel 49E, Line 16
- JESSE LAVERN WILLOUGHBYPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 17
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
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.