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CHARLES E WITHERSPOON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1945 – February 7, 1971
Service recordCharles E Witherspoon, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 85
- ROLAND DEAN TROYANOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1971
- BRUCE ALLAN VANDAMStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1971
- HARRY WOLFENDENSpecialist Four · February 7, 1971
- LEWIS RICKEY YATESSergeant · February 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE RAYMOND MASONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 82
- BRIAN ROBERT FOLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 83
- THOMAS PICKETT BYRD KINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 83
- RICHARD STANLEY KULWICKISergeant · Panel 5W, Line 83
- BRUCE ALLAN VANDAMStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 85
- LEWIS RICKEY YATESSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 85
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.