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CHARLES ELBERT TANNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1931 – October 23, 1965
Service recordCharles Elbert Tanner, of Clarendon, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 2, 1931
- Home of record
- Clarendon, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 133
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ADOLFO ANTONIO TABOADA JRLance Corporal · October 24, 1965
From Clarendon
- JAMES BENJAMIN GOREPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- HARRY KENNETH CARTRETTELance Corporal · May 26, 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.