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CHARLES EDWARD MCRAE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1943 – June 19, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward McRae, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Supply Specialist (76E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 203 QM DET 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- June 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 63
- ROY CLIFFORD MCEWENCorporal · June 19, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
From Lumberton
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 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.