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CHARLES DEWANN SLAYTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1950 – May 9, 1970
Service recordCharles Dewann Slayton, of Huntington, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Huntington, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 9
- RAYMOND MURPHY MORRISCorporal · May 9, 1970
- ROY LEE RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1970
- OSCAR ABREGO SOLISSergeant · May 9, 1970
- DAN ROGERS STEWARTSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEE FULTONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 5
From Huntington
- GEORGE THOMAS VOLLMARPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH KRAUSS JRMajor · June 18, 1967
- FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPPLieutenant (junior grade) · November 2, 1967
- LEO FREDRICK MALONESergeant · April 7, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM THORPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- CHARLES ROECKLLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN REARDONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 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.