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CHARLES C PFORDT JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 19, 1944 – May 29, 1969
Service recordCharles C Pfordt JR, of Moylan, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 17
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Moylan, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 17
- RICHARD LEE PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL PAULLance Corporal · May 29, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- WILTON STROUD PYLESecond Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALANSON DIXONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 23W, Line 14
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.