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CHARLES HERMAN PIPER JR
Master Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
November 21, 1937 – August 30, 1972
Service recordCharles Herman Piper JR, of Durbin, North Dakota, served as a Master Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 30, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 70
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. Navy
- Rank
- Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boilerman (BT)
- Born
- November 21, 1937
- Home of record
- Durbin, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1972
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1972. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 70
- ROBERT ROY GREENWOOD JRLieutenant Colonel · September 2, 1972
- WILLIAM COMMODORE WOOD JRMajor · September 2, 1972
- FRANK GEORGE OLIVER IICaptain · September 3, 1972
- CHARLES HAROLD STEPPAirman First Class · September 5, 1972
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.