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CHARLES C ISLER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1946 – July 1, 1968
Service recordCharles C Isler JR, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 30
- STEPHEN CHARLES HOUCKCorporal · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES EMORY HOWARDPetty Officer Third Class · July 1, 1968
- FRED V JURADOSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES CLINTON KALKASergeant · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEROY LANEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54W, Line 31
- ROY LEE WHITTLESEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 54W, Line 34
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.