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CHARLES GLENDON DUDLEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 30, 1936 – June 28, 1966
Service recordCharles Glendon Dudley, of Bozeman, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 28, 1966, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 22
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 603 ACS
- Born
- June 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Bozeman, Montana (Gallatin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “603 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 22
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- ROBERT LEE LAIRDStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- VINCENT F RISOLDIPrivate First Class · June 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY FRANK CAVALLIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 103
From Bozeman
- RICHARD DEWYATT CLARKMajor · August 25, 1966
- RAYMOND LEROY GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- HAL KENT HENDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1969
- STEPHEN STANFORD OVIATTFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 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.