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CHARLES HILTON DELLINGER
Seaman · U.S. Navy
January 11, 1948 – August 2, 1968
Service recordCharles Hilton Dellinger, of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 2, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 49
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 92
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Gibsonia, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 49
- WILLIAM CHARLES CUESergeant · August 2, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH DAVISSpecialist Four · August 2, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES DEMARR JRPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
From Gibsonia
- NEIL EDWARD RILEYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- DAIN VANDERLIN SCOTTLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- HERBERT F WELTZ JRSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM BELLPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
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.