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CHARLES ANTHONY MCMASTERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1945 – December 11, 1966
Service recordCharles Anthony McMasters, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 35
- ALVIN EDWARD KURTZSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- GEORGE MERCADOLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- JIMMIE CLYDE POESpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 31
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.