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CHARLES EUGENE METCALF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1947 – November 24, 1967
Service recordCharles Eugene Metcalf, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 79
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 79
- ALLEN HENRY MARINSICSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- DAVID PAUL MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 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.