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CHARLES FRANKLIN KANE JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 8, 1937 – October 12, 1965
Service recordCharles Franklin Kane JR, of Collingdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 120
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 8, 1937
- Home of record
- Collingdale, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 120
- ROBERT THOMAS EFAWHospitalman · August 24, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- LEROY FRANKLIN MINNIXPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JOHN MILTON STARKES JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- NESTOR LORENZO ARGENZIOSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 119
- WILLIAM ROSS ROMANOPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 119
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 121
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · Panel 2E, Line 121
From Collingdale
- DANIEL PETER KEE IIIPrivate First Class · October 26, 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.