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CHARLES HENRY EMERY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1945 – September 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Henry Emery JR, of Buffalo, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Training Officer (2520)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 15
- CLARENCE ALTON CORLEY JRSergeant · September 28, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- THOMAS JEFFERSON GABBARDSergeant · September 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD OLGUIN CAAMANOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 14
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.