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CHARLES HUGHES PENN
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 25, 1916 – April 11, 1966
Service recordCharles Hughes Penn, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 102
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 25, 1916
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 102
- RICHARD NOYOLASpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- WILLIAM HART PITSENBARGERAirman First Class · April 11, 1966
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.