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CHARLES F WHITFIELD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – August 26, 1966
Service recordCharles F Whitfield JR, of Moravia, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Moravia, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 49
- JOHN WILLIAM JOYSStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- FRANCIS JOHN ALBERTSSergeant · August 27, 1966
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.