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CHARLES ELTON FERRELL
Captain · U.S. Army
April 14, 1940 – December 6, 1969
Service recordCharles Elton Ferrell, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 32
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 32
- ROBERT ARTHUR FALKENAUFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- GARY LLOYD HEINSpecialist Five · December 6, 1969
- LARRY LOUISE HOHMANSergeant · December 6, 1969
- ROBIN MANGUMLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROLLAND LEON DURFLINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 31
- PETER KALANI MIRANDASpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 33
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 33
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 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.