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CHARLES EDGAR SHULTZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1943 – October 25, 1969
Service recordCharles Edgar Shultz, of Long Beach, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1969, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 118
- ADRIAN ALAN AKINSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN RODOWICZLance Corporal · October 25, 1969
- JAMES DERRILL STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1969
- DWIGHT JACKSON THORNTONCaptain · October 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH VINCENT WHELANCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 115
- RONALD HENRY BOZIKISStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 116
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.