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CHARLES DUNCAN BETHEA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1951 – May 8, 1970
Service recordCharles Duncan Bethea, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 129
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 129
- JOHN LEE WILSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- BERNARD HERMAN BAXPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- DAVID AUSTIN BUTCHERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- HAROLD CARSTARPHEN JRCorporal · May 8, 1970
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.