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CHARLES E RUSSELL III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1948 – December 11, 1968
Service recordCharles E Russell III, of Graham, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Graham, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 6
- LEROY HENRY ROMIGPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- AGUSTIN ROSARIOCorporal · December 11, 1968
- HERMAN FRANCIS RUBINPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- THOMAS CLAYTON RUTTERCorporal · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 1
- DENNIS EUGENE EDGESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 1
- WILLIE LEE HALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 2
- RONALD ANTHONY OSINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ROBERT GLENN PENDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- LEROY HENRY ROMIGPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- VINCENT RALPH SALEMIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 7
- WILLIAM JAMES SUGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 7
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 9
From Graham
- DENNIS CURTIS KIDDMaster Sergeant · August 4, 1964
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- GREGORY DALE JENKINSPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1967
- MORRIS BLAINE JONESSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · September 14, 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.