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CHARLES FRANK MCGOWEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1944 – May 6, 1968
Service recordCharles Frank McGowen, of Boulder, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Boulder, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 13
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MCGINTYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ORVAL WADE MCLEARYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY LYNN COOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 4
- DENNIS PAUL DUNSINGPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 5
- RAYMOND GEORGE WITZIGPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 18
From Boulder
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- JAMES WILLIE ADKISSONStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS PESCHELPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
- FRANK MARION STREAMERSeaman · August 9, 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.