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CHARLES C WINSTON III
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 10, 1938 – August 1, 1967
Service recordCharles C Winston III, of Scarsdale, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 1, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1325D)
- Born
- March 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Scarsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 1, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 64
- HAROLD SNYDER JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKOCorporal · August 1, 1967
- MONTY NORRIS WILSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT LAURENCE WILSONStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
From Scarsdale
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD DARNELLCorporal · June 9, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 1970
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.