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CHARLES DAVID EDWARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1942 – October 7, 1967
Service recordCharles David Edwards, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 63
- IVAN DALE APPLEBYColonel · October 7, 1967
- EARL DEAN AUWARTERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1967
- JAMES OTIS BEASLEYPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALDWIN ARDEAN ELLIS JRCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 64
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 64
- MICHAEL GRIMESCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 64
- RODNEY DEAN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
- WILLIAM ALBERT JATEFFPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 66
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.