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CHARLES DAVID LINDBLOOM
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 5, 1943 – August 20, 1968
Service recordCharles David Lindbloom, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Photographer's Mate (PH)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HEAVYPHOTORON 62
- Born
- January 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 47W, Line 10
- RONALD WARREN KEMPFFPetty Officer Second Class · August 20, 1968
- ROBERT WALLACE LAISCorporal · August 20, 1968
- DONNIE JACKSON LAWHORNESpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE LISENBYSergeant First Class · August 20, 1968
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.