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CHARLES BERLIN DEDON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1947 – July 3, 1969
Service recordCharles Berlin Dedon, of Livingston, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 50
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Livingston, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 50
- ROBERT ALBANESEMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1969
- MICHAEL R BLANCHFIELDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- HENRY JOHN CABALLEROSergeant · July 3, 1969
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS VANCE HAGEMEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 51
- GARLAND DALE FLOYDCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 52
- BARRY LEE OSBORNSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 55
- RODNEY DAVID WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 58
From Livingston
- ROBERT LARRY BLOUNTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- CHARLES VERNON HAMPTON JRLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
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.