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CHARLES EDWARD SCHAFER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – July 8, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Schafer, of Security, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Security, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 8
- CHARLES CAMILLE ROBERTSLance Corporal · July 8, 1966
- JIM L SMITHSpecialist Four · July 8, 1966
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
From Security
- KARL LUDWIG THOMPSONLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- MICHAEL WADE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
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.