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CHARLES ARTHUR GAUDREAU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – June 13, 1968
Service recordCharles Arthur Gaudreau, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 9
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 9
- JERRY ROGER FERGUSONSergeant · June 13, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- EDMOND JUNIOR GREERCorporal · June 13, 1968
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD THOMAS LUTZSergeant First Class · Panel 57W, Line 11
- JOE ANTHONY SNITKOPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 13
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
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.