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CHARLES B JEFFRIES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1945 – March 16, 1966
Service recordCharles B Jeffries JR, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Born
- April 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 15
- EDDIE L KNOXCorporal · March 16, 1966
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- CURTIS CARL NICKERSONSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
From Aurora
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
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.