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CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – June 17, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Hunsinger, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 65
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 1969
- LARRY ALONZA GRAHAMCorporal · June 17, 1969
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- LARRY RAYMOND MARTINFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 65
- LARRY RAYMOND MARTINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 65
- DONALD LEE SPARKSSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 69
From Aliquippa
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 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.