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CHARLES E BOVINETTE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – February 20, 1971
Service recordCharles E Bovinette JR, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 127
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 127
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- DAVID THORNTON TAYLORSergeant · February 20, 1971
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1971
- CARL HENRY CACCIASpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CARLOS MARTINEZ DELGADOCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 123
- DANIEL JOHN HOHMANCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 124
- JAMES KENNETH SCHMOLLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 126
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 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.