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CHARLES EARNEST HOOD
Private · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – October 25, 1967
Service recordCharles Earnest Hood, of Opelika, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Opelika, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 67
- RONNIE LEE GROSSergeant · October 25, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES HARKINSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- DON CLAIR HARRELLPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE HENSLEEPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROY EUGENE CONRADSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 63
- GILBERT THOMAS BEAUPRESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 64
- BOBBY JOE BONINSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 64
- PATRICK J CARNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 64
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 65
- GORDON J GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 66
- RONNIE LEE GROSSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 67
- ROBERT CHARLES HARKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 67
- DON CLAIR HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 67
- JAMES EUGENE HENSLEEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 67
- ALEX RAY HOUSTONCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 68
- WAYNE JOHANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 68
- ROBERT EUGENE MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 69
- CARL SPAUL THORNE-THOMSENPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 70
- ARTHUR CLEON ROESLERSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 71
From Opelika
- BROADUS DALE HILYERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- ERNEST AUSTIN BAKER JRCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JOSEPH HAYDEN KENNEYSecond Lieutenant · June 24, 1969
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- HOWARD LANIER WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES M EARNESTCommander · November 28, 1972
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.