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CHARLES EDWARD REDD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1935 – April 27, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Redd, of Beckley, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 7, 1935
- Home of record
- Beckley, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 67
- PHILIP THOMAS REGAN JRSergeant · April 27, 1969
- LESLEY STEVEN REITERSergeant · April 27, 1969
- LORNE JAY SIPPERLEYSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
From Beckley
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · April 5, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 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.