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CHARLES GRIFFIN VICKERS
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
November 4, 1922 – June 23, 1969
Service recordCharles Griffin Vickers, of Curwensville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 4
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 Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B 33 SPEC FORCE
- Born
- November 4, 1922
- Home of record
- Curwensville, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 4
- TIMOTHY HAYES SIMPKINSPrivate · June 23, 1969
- PERRY LUKE UNDERWOODPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1969
- RICHARD EARL WEISSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
From Curwensville
- CHARLES EDMUND PETERSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
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.