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CHARLES CARTER MEYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1947 – August 31, 1968
Service recordCharles Carter Meyers, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 15
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
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Warminster, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 15
- JOHN RANDOLPH MCINTOSHMajor · August 31, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- ANTHONY MILLERCorporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS MOLYNEAUX JRFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
From Warminster
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- NELSON CHARLES LUTHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · February 11, 1971
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.