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CHARLES HENRY ELLIOTT JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordCharles Henry Elliott JR, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 17
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CONNORPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD A DAMSCHEN JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- GARY LEE DOBBINSPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.