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CHARLES ARTHUR POPPLETON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1952 – November 18, 1971
Service recordCharles Arthur Poppleton, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 20, 1952
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 69
- WARREN KENNETH WOLFFPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
- RICHARD ROSS LANGECorporal · November 19, 1971
- HAROLD DAVID BOWLENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WARREN KENNETH WOLFFPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 69
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.