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CHARLES BERNARD LANKFORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1930 – October 24, 1963
Service recordCharles Bernard Lankford, of Collinsville, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 33
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 30, 1930
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1963
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1963. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 33
- WOODROW MELVIN FITZGERALDCaptain · October 24, 1963
- WALTER KENNETH MORRISStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
From Collinsville
- ROBERT WILCOX MOODYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- ADAM EDWARD WERSCHINGSergeant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN MOOREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE DODSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DAVID K DEMATTEISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1971
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.