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CHARLES CARL ASSELTA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – March 18, 1968
Service recordCharles Carl Asselta, of Vineland, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Vineland, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 17
- GEORGE FRANCIS ADAMSLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- GREGORY KENNETH ARTHURCorporal · March 18, 1968
- JAMES DAVID BARRCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT LESTER BERRYCorporal · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARYL WAYNE CRUMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 19
- EDWARD ALLEN DEVORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 20
From Vineland
- JOSEPH FRED HAYESPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH INFERRERAPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · June 11, 1967
- LANCE NORMAN JENKINSLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MOUNTLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- BOBBY MOORERCorporal · May 15, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE DAVISLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JOHN ANGELO KALIVASSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
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.