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CHARLES CHRISTOPHER CHILD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1949 – October 30, 1969
Service recordCharles Christopher Child, of Lexington, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lexington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 4
- ROGER EUGENE CARROLLSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- GERALD WILBERT DURTKASergeant First Class · October 30, 1969
- ROBERT MILLARD GROSCOSTPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
From Lexington
- STEPHEN ARTHUR SPIERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- PHILIP S GALLAGHER IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 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.