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CHARLES CRAIG VICKREY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – March 26, 1969
Service recordCharles Craig Vickrey, of Homestead, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 54
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Homestead, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 54
- ALFRED HENRY SUHRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 26, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL TURNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- MAURICE JOEL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS DALE GREERSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 46
From Homestead
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS TERRYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- WILLIE DONALD JONESSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- DANNY R AYERSSergeant · September 14, 1968
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- BRIAN RANDALL FREDRICKCorporal · January 12, 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.