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CHARLES EDWARD FORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 9, 1949 – July 23, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Ford, of Claxton, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 35
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
- May 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Claxton, Georgia (Evans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 35
- ALLEN EUGENE STARRWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 1969
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- SAMUEL VINCENT BURRUANOSpecialist Four · July 23, 1969
- PHILIP HAMMONSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
From Claxton
- JOE CLARENCE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 27, 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.