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CHARLES DANIEL GARVEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 14, 1931 – October 7, 1968
Service recordCharles Daniel Garven, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 8 ARTY II FF
- Born
- February 14, 1931
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 23
- MICHAEL ROBERT DUNKELPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- RAMON AGUILAR FLORESPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- REINIS FOXWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1968
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.