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CHARLES EDWIN WIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – July 6, 1968
Service recordCharles Edwin Wight, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 31
- PATRICK JOHN SCOGNAMILIOSergeant · July 6, 1968
- JEROME STEVEN STARCKSHospitalman · July 6, 1968
- RICHARD LEE TRISLERSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- JOHN ANTONACE JRLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ROBERT NAWROSKYCaptain · Panel 53W, Line 29
- RICHARD LEE TRISLERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 31
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.