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CHARLES IVAN DEGRAW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1948 – November 5, 1968
Service recordCharles Ivan Degraw, of Thousand Oaks, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 20
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Thousand Oaks, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 20
- JOHN JAUTRIS ZIMULISSergeant First Class · November 4, 1968
- EDWARD EARL DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH JIRSASergeant · November 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE JARREL HANNAHStaff Sergeant · Panel 39W, Line 21
From Thousand Oaks
- COLIN FRANK JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JOHN CLARENCE SHAMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- LARRY ALLAN JONESLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- DAVID EARL FARRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1970
- ERIC JAMES HUBERTHCaptain · May 13, 1970
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.