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CHARLES EDWARD BOUTTRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1945 – May 14, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Bouttry, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 1
- SAMUEL THOMAS BAKERSergeant · May 14, 1969
- JOE EDDY BRAGGSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- TOMMY LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- TYREE CARDWELLSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WALTER FEROUGESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 5
- MICHAEL KENT FULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 5
- ROBERT M HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 6
- HENRY LAWRENCE OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 9
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.