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CHARLES E SUPRENANT JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 8, 1946 – April 2, 1970
Service recordCharles E Suprenant JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 2, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 85
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 85
- JAMES ALBERT SWARTZ JRLance Corporal · April 2, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANCIS THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- STEVE WARREN TRAINFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM LOUIS VASPORYSergeant · April 2, 1970
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.