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CHARLES DENVER MOSSER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 14, 1946 – April 2, 1969
Service recordCharles Denver Mosser, of Highland, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Highland, West Virginia (Ritchie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 1
- DENNIS RICHARD KNOCHSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
- VERNE ELDON LOCHNERStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES PERKINSStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1969
- CARL JERROLD PETERSONLieutenant Commander · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL HAROLD ABRAHAMSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 106
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.