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CHARLES FORAK CREAMER III
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 25, 1946 – November 28, 1970
Service recordCharles Forak Creamer III, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 87
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 25, 1946
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 87
- FREDERICK M RADER IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1970
- MACARIO SANCHEZ JRLance Corporal · November 27, 1970
- GARY EDGAR FIELDCorporal · November 28, 1970
- DAVID CRUZ JAUREGUIFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 88
- ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 88
- RONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 89
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
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.