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CHARLES ELMER WHITEFIELD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1940 – November 11, 1966
Service recordCharles Elmer Whitefield, of Frostburg, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Frostburg, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 57
- DEE WAYNE STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- VERNON BERNARD TODDPrivate First Class · November 11, 1966
- DANIEL ACOSTAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 54
- VERNON BERNARD TODDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 57
From Frostburg
- CLARENCE DALE MILLERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT GRAHAMCaptain · June 3, 1967
- THOMAS RAYMOND DAVISLance Corporal · January 31, 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.