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CHARLES CECIL CASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordCharles Cecil Case, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 63
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKE JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- HUGH PINSON CALDWELL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- DAVID EARL CHERRY JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- STEPHEN WAYNE DEAROSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.