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CHARLES FRANK STURMA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1944 – March 9, 1969
Service recordCharles Frank Sturma, of Silverhill, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 97
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Silverhill, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 97
- RAYMOND LEROY TACKEMajor · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS GAINES TURNERSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JAMES HOWELL WALLSergeant · March 9, 1969
- TIM LEROY WALTERSStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- HUEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL WAYNE DONALDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
From Silverhill
- LEAMUEL ARTIS WHITESecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- CARL OSCAR PEARSON JRPrivate First Class · May 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.