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CHARLES EDWARD PURSER
Major · U.S. Army
May 22, 1929 – February 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Purser, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 2
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 22, 1929
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 2
- FRANKLIN DANIEL RAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- HORRIS GENE ROBINSONChief Petty Officer · February 23, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD ROBITAILLEGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- LEE MILTON ROWELLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RALPH ETHERIDGELieutenant Colonel · Panel 40E, Line 73
- CHARLES FREDERICK STROCKSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 4
From Tuscaloosa
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.