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CHARLES FRANKLIN BURRELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 14, 1945 – October 10, 1969
Service recordCharles Franklin Burrell, of Salem, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 60
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · October 9, 1969
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ADAMSCorporal · October 10, 1969
- DAVID HOWARD BENALLIECorporal · October 10, 1969
- THOMAS FRANCIS BROWN JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1969
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.