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CHARLES EARL MELTON
Private · U.S. Army
May 14, 1949 – February 15, 1970
Service recordCharles Earl Melton, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarksdale, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 15
- RAYMOND DALE BRAGGCorporal · February 15, 1970
- DAVID HENRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM SIDNEY G KELLYCorporal · February 15, 1970
- JOHN MARKSLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK ROLAND HORNERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 14
- CONNIE WAYNE PARRISHSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 16
- NORMAN ALFRED TAYLORStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 17
From Clarksdale
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LESTER ERBYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
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.