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CHARLES CLARK GREGORY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 20, 1947 – July 29, 1967
Service recordCharles Clark Gregory, of Montpelier, Idaho, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 26
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Montpelier, Idaho (Bear Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
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.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 26
- RUSSELL ALLAN GRAZIERPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT LEE HASZAirman · July 29, 1967
- RICHARD ANTHONY HATCHERAirman · July 29, 1967
- LARRY DOUGLAS HOLLEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT ALBERT ALLENSeaman · Panel 24E, Line 13
- GARY JAMES ARDENEAUXPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 13
- TONEY ANTHONY BARNETTPetty Officer First Class · Panel 24E, Line 14
- MARK RONALD BISHOPPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 15
- BOBBY JOE BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 16
- JERRY DAN BYARSPetty Officer First Class · Panel 24E, Line 17
- FRANCIS CAMPEAUPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 17
- JACK MORRIS CARLANPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 17
- JAMES LEE CRENSHAWPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 18
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 18
- ROBERT JOHN DAVIESAirman · Panel 24E, Line 19
- THOMAS JOE DAWSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 19
- JEROLD VIRGIL DESPARDPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 19
- EDWARD ROBERT DORSEYPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 19
- JOSEPH GERALD DUGASPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 20
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 20
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · Panel 24E, Line 21
- KENNETH DYKESeaman · Panel 24E, Line 21
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · Panel 24E, Line 21
- JAMES ALLEN EARICKPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 21
- JOHN THOMAS EDWARDSPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 21
- GERALD WYATTE FARRIERChief Petty Officer · Panel 24E, Line 22
- KENNETH LEE FASTHFireman · Panel 24E, Line 22
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · Panel 24E, Line 23
From Montpelier
- MAX WELKER PUGMIRESpecialist Four · October 24, 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.