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CHARLES EDWARD CHERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1937 – May 29, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Cherry, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 9
- MARGIE BROGDONCorporal · May 29, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- DAVID ORIN CEDERSTROMPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ENOCH ANDREW BALLANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- JOHN MICHAEL BIONDIPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- ALAN BRADLEY CIPRIANISpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RANDALL VINCENT COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- WILLIAM CHARLES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 13
- MATHEW L JOLIVETTESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 13
- BRUCE K MANNINGCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 16
From Daytona Beach
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · June 19, 1969
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.