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CHARLES DAVID HATFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1946 – July 25, 1966
Service recordCharles David Hatfield, of Milton, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 74
- CHRIS FRANK FABRISCorporal · July 25, 1966
- JOSE DEJESUS FLORESPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- MICKEY RAY GRABLECorporal · July 25, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
From Milton
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 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.