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CHARLES DANIEL FOLEY
Captain · U.S. Army
November 29, 1943 – May 23, 1970
Service recordCharles Daniel Foley, of Hobbs, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Hobbs, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 84
- JAMES HERBERT CRAIGSpecialist Five · May 23, 1970
- GEORGE FRANCIS FELL JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN FRANTASergeant · May 23, 1970
- ELLIS DAVID GREENECaptain · May 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ELLIS DAVID GREENECaptain · Panel 10W, Line 84
- CHRISTOPHER MARK HOBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 85
- JOHN RAYMOND HUGHES IIISpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 85
From Hobbs
- RONNIE LEE NOSEFFCorporal · September 25, 1966
- JIMMIE LEON PLATOHospitalman · November 15, 1966
- HOWARD JACOB RICECorporal · June 8, 1967
- STANLEY W MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- CHARLES LEE GASSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JERRY MARCO ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- LEONARD ERWIN CRUCEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JAIME PACHECOSpecialist Four · May 25, 1972
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.