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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles J Sabatier.

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CHARLES J SABATIER

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

July 19, 1945 – February 3, 1968

Service record

Charles J Sabatier, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 40E · Line 72

Position of Panel 40E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Born
July 19, 1945
Home of record
Galveston, Texas

Casualty

Date of death
February 3, 1968
Age
22
Added to the Wall
2011

Context · from the records

What was happening

71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 40E, Line 72

From Galveston

All 32 names from Galveston →

Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2011, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.