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CHARLES J HARRINGTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 2, 1946 – April 19, 1968
Service recordCharles J Harrington, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 51
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 51
- JERRY VERNON MCDONALDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- JENIES ISAAC MOBLEYSergeant · April 19, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 46
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 49
- ARTHUR JAMES LORDMajor · Panel 50E, Line 49
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 50E, Line 50
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD LLOYD SELLPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOHN WALLACESergeant First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL RAY WERDEHOFFMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.