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CHARLES HEDRIC OXENDINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – February 7, 1969
Service recordCharles Hedric Oxendine, of Pembroke, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 81
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
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Pembroke, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 81
- STANLEY PATTERSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT PIERCESeaman · February 7, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PROMBOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From Pembroke
- BRADLEY CHAVISSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- GLEN LOCKLEARMaster Sergeant · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDERSON COLLINSSergeant First Class · November 18, 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.