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CHARLES ERNEST CRAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordCharles Ernest Crain, of Redwood Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Redwood Valley, California (Mendocino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 99
- KENNETH EUGENE COESpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- PHILIP HOWELL CONVERSEHospitalman · July 2, 1967
- GEORGE COUTRAKISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- FRANK DAVILACorporal · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWIN ALLISONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 94
- DENNIS DALE ASCHENBRENNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 94
- EDWARD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 97
- DAVID JOHN DERUEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 100
- LUTHER M JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 106
- WILLIAM DAVID LEWISSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 108
- JIMMY MCBROONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 110
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 112
- JOHN DOMINICK SALMIERISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 114
- FRANK W SAWYER JRCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 114
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 116
- ROBERT VARGOCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 117
From Redwood Valley
- EUGENE CHARLES CAMPBELLLance Corporal · August 27, 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.