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CHARLES DUFFY BLACK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1942 – April 13, 1967
Service recordCharles Duffy Black, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 21
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYLESpecialist Four · April 13, 1967
- HARRY MILTON BRENNMajor · April 13, 1967
- MARSHALL EDWARD BROWNTechnical Sergeant · April 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RAY WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 24
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.