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CHARLES DUDLEY SHORT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 25, 1943 – April 18, 1969
Service recordCharles Dudley Short, of Ontario, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 4
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 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 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 4
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- LOUIE JOHN SHIANNASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR TIPTONSergeant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- JOHN BURGESSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 105
- GEORGE CLARENCE DAHLMANSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 106
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE PARKCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 3
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- PERRY JAY SCOTTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 4
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR TIPTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 4
From Ontario
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 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.