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CHARLES CLIFFOR VANALLEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordCharles Cliffor Vanallen, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 20
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 20
- BRUCE EDWARD TEAGUEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- DANIEL LEDARE UNDERWOODSergeant · May 16, 1968
- FRED THOMPSON URENSergeant · May 16, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD WATSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL RICHARD HUTTULASpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 12
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
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.