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CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1940 – February 11, 1968
Service recordCharles Elvin McDowell, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Rock Hill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 79
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MUETINGPetty Officer Third Class · February 11, 1968
- MICHAEL NEMETHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- IRVING CLARENCE PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- JEFFREY ANTONE PINHEIROSergeant · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE LEROY BUTLER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 75
- GEORGE JONATHAN HOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 77
- JOHN ANTHONY SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 81
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 82
From Rock Hill
- CARL E HARRISSergeant · November 15, 1965
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- ANDREW SPRINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- VINCENT NORVELL BANKSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES ALVIN CARPENTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 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.