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CHARLES EDWARD MICKLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1949 – June 6, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Mickles, of Norton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Norton, Virginia (Norton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 8
- LOREN RAY MILLARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1968
- STEVEN JAY MINERCorporal · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT NED MOOREPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN FRANCIS DOLIM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 27
- EDWARD HUBERT HIGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 4
- JAMES HOLTCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 5
- ROBERT LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 15
- ROGER DALE WEBERSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 17
- JACOB ROBINSON WELDINSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 17
From Norton
- DON GENE STALLARDPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
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.