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CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1952 – March 17, 1972
Service recordCharles Howard Schelling, of Fortuna, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Fortuna, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1972; 12 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 116
- JOHN MICHAEL MINORFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
- JOHN JAMES MOYNAHANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
- JAMES JODY POCKEYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1972
- ALBERTO VADIRODRIGUEZSpecialist Five · March 17, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTHONY CROCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 115
- DONEL JOE DOBBSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 115
- HOWARD ELMER DRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 115
- TURNER COLEMAN JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 115
- JOHN JAMES MOYNAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 116
- COLUMBUS WATSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 117
- JAMES CALVIN WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 117
- THURMAN WOODY JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 117
From Fortuna
- GEORGE KENNETH COOKSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLAN LILLUNDMajor · October 4, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT KASKIStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1968
- DUANE ROSS DAVISPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- PHILIP DEAN SHARPCaptain · May 23, 1971
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.