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CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1944 – July 30, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward McGarvey, of Lancaster, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 90
- LARRY THOMAS NELSONPrivate · July 30, 1966
- CLARENCE LEE SEXTONMaster Sergeant · July 30, 1966
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
From Lancaster
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYNESPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- RUSSELL BURR LUKERStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- EDWARD LEE ROARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- RICHARD LEE KINGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BARTLETTLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · February 20, 1968
- RONALD LEWIS GRIFFINCorporal · June 29, 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.