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CHARLES D MCCARLEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1945 – March 7, 1970
Service recordCharles D McCarley JR, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1945
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 93
- JAY WESLY LADNERLance Corporal · March 7, 1970
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1970
- MAX LIEBERMANCorporal · March 7, 1970
- GLENN ALAN LOVETTSergeant · March 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GLENN ALAN LOVETTSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 93
From East Point
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 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.