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CHARLES DAVID ORSUA
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
April 19, 1950 – July 15, 1969
Service recordCharles David Orsua, of Sunnyvale, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 15, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 2
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 2
- HARMON POLSTERCaptain · July 15, 1969
- HENRY R REYESSergeant · July 15, 1969
- HARVEY F ROUNTREE JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE SMALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.