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CHARLES DONALD WENDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordCharles Donald Wendt, of Dickinson, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 24
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Dickinson, North Dakota (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 24
- THOMAS LEO MCBRIDELance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALAN ACKERMANPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- DENNIS ARCHIBALDSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
From Dickinson
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- MICHAEL HENRY KESSELLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- DOUGLAS MILTON KELLYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- JON PARIS ROBBINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.