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CHARLES BEDFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1946 – February 7, 1969
Service recordCharles Bedford, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 93 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 93 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 75
- CHARLES JUNIOR SWINTSergeant · February 6, 1969
- RODNEY DALE WISESpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- ERNEST E BARTOLINA JRCaptain · February 7, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.