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CHARLES DAVID STCLAIR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1950 – January 16, 1971
Service recordCharles David Stclair, of Coxs Creek, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 51
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Coxs Creek, Kentucky (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 51
- LEE DAVIS STUART JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- JOHNNY NEWTON WARD JRCaptain · January 16, 1971
- JOHN SIMMONS WEAVERCorporal · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEE DAVIS STUART JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 51
From Coxs Creek
- BARRY NEAL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- JIM ALLEN WRAYSergeant · July 2, 1969
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.