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CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMAN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 12, 1919 – May 28, 1963
Service recordCharles Ellsworth Doerrman, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 28, 1963, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 22
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 12, 1919
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1963
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1963; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1963, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 22
- PARKER DRESSER CRAMERFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1963
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- JOHN CARNUL MYATTPrivate · May 10, 1963
From Reading
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 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.