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CHARLES CRAWFORD NAPPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – November 7, 1969
Service recordCharles Crawford Napper, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 43
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
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Tennessee (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 43
- GERALD DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONCorporal · November 7, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN MCMILLINCorporal · November 7, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
From Shelbyville
- CHARLES GILBERT TUCKERCaptain · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 24, 1968
- JERRY MICHAEL LOVELLSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- KENNETH BRYANT BECKMANLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE MULLINSPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
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.