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CHARLES DAVID AUSTIN
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 27, 1942 – April 24, 1967
Service recordCharles David Austin, of New Canaan, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 24, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 89
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 433 TFS UBON AB
- Born
- February 27, 1942
- Home of record
- New Canaan, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 24, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 89
- JOHN GERALD CURTINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOHN DAVID STRIPLING IIIPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- JOSHUA ABRAHAM ATKINS IIIPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
From New Canaan
- FRED ANDREW LINDStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1966
- HOWARD BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · April 29, 1970
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.