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CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELD
Private · U.S. Army
December 29, 1937 – February 24, 1966
Service recordCharles Curtis Whitfield, of Kinston, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Kinston, North Carolina (Lenoir County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 75
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- CECIL Y WAREStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- WILLIE A COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JAMES RICHARD FOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- FLEMMON PAUL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 72
- THOMAS EDWARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 73
- GEORGE ALLEN MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 73
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 74
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CECIL Y WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 75
- ODELL ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 76
- TOMMIE LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 76
From Kinston
- JIMMIE LLOYD MCBYNUMStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- WOODROW WILSON HAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1966
- DANIEL H LAWLERSpecialist Five · May 20, 1967
- CURTIS RAY MCLAWHORNSergeant · July 22, 1967
- BOBBY LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- CARL LEE HILL JRSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- SETH LEE WEST JRStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.