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CHARLES EDWARD BESTMANN
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 1, 1946 – November 28, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Bestmann, of Flushing, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 82
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 82
- THOMAS LAIRD BRATTAINMajor · November 28, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH DRAKEPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- KENNETH JOHNSONSergeant First Class · November 28, 1968
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
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.