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CHARLES FRANCIS LANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1946 – June 16, 1968
Service recordCharles Francis Landers, of De Kalb, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 3, 1946
- Home of record
- De Kalb, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 5
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LANESpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH LEACHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE LEONARD JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
From De Kalb
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DALE CONNARD BREWERLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- DAVID DONNELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JACK MOONAirman · May 28, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1968
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
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.