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CHARLES EDWARD HEBRON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 18, 1945 – January 31, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Hebron, of Bryan, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Bryan, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 13
- JESSIE EARL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HAUCKLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
From Bryan
- JOHNNIE LINTON GARNERCaptain · September 2, 1967
- SAMMY ARTHUR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE TOLIVERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- EUGENE C OATES IIICaptain · August 4, 1969
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- GERARD REX BONIFAZISergeant · June 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THORNTONCorporal · June 19, 1970
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 1971
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.