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CHARLES C PEDRICK II
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – June 24, 1968
Service recordCharles C Pedrick II, of Alameda, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- 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
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 30
- JESUS RAMON PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD SHARON POHLColonel · June 24, 1968
- BOBBY RAY PORCHIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- MICHAEL GUY THOMPSONCorporal · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST WILLIAM GARRETTSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 27
- JOHN ARTHUR LAFFERTYSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 29
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 31
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
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.