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CHARLES EDWARD BATTLES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1932 – June 29, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Battles, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 30
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 5, 1932
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 30
- RUDOLPH HINOJOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- BARRY IVAN RABINOVITZSpecialist Five · June 28, 1969
- RICHARD TAYLOR SELLERS JRSecond Lieutenant · June 28, 1969
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
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.