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CHARLES EDWARD BOSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1942 – December 10, 1965
Service recordCharles Edward Boston, of Crossett, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Crossett, Arkansas (Ashley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 6
- BILLY DEAN HOOPERFireman · December 6, 1965
- DENNIS LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK BROCKCorporal · December 10, 1965
- TINSLEY BRYANTSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 6
- JAMES HAROLD LEWISSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 9
- RUDY MANTIAD SAGONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 10
- RALPH SHANKSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 10
From Crossett
- WILLIE VANN GOREESpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- PAUL ALVIN HARRISONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE GREENECorporal · July 4, 1968
- HAMPTON A ETHERIDGE IIICaptain · July 15, 1969
- ROY TOM TABLERCaptain · December 27, 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.