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CHARLES DWAYNE LAND
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 28, 1942 – March 9, 1967
Service recordCharles Dwayne Land, of Denver, Colorado, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 46
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 46
- HAROLD K KETNER JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1967
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM GIRARD LACEYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- RAYMOND FRANCIS LEFTWICHTechnical Sergeant · March 9, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.