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CHARLES DANDRIDGE EBERT
Captain · U.S. Army
March 22, 1941 – July 19, 1968
Service recordCharles Dandridge Ebert, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 10
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 10
- WILLIAM LEE CARR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- ROBERT WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
- DONALD LEE GIBSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
- STANLEY LLOYD GRUNSTADCorporal · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE SOLIZSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 14
- RANDALL FILLMORE SWANCEYSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 14
- CLARENCE EDWARD WATSONSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 15
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.