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CHARLES GREY COSTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1950 – November 1, 1968
Service recordCharles Grey Costin, of Warsaw, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Warsaw, North Carolina (Duplin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 73
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDACorporal · Panel 40W, Line 70
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THOMAS WYLIE BAYONETSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THURL GUY CARTER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 71
- JAMES MICHAEL CIUPINSKISergeant · Panel 40W, Line 72
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 73
- JAMES EDDIE GRAVESSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 75
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 1
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 1
- WENDELL D MCBURROWSSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 2
- MARVIN NORBERT PROPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 3
- LESTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 6
From Warsaw
- LITCHFIELD PATTERSON HUIELieutenant · February 27, 1967
- CLARENCE LEON MCNEILLSergeant · February 5, 1969
- ALLEN LEWIS BONEYStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1970
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.