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CHARLES JACK GIRARD
Brigadier General · U.S. Army
July 23, 1917 – January 17, 1970
Service recordCharles Jack Girard, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 52. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 40
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
- Brigadier General (BG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Officer (0002)
- Born
- July 23, 1917
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1970
- Age
- 52
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 40
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL JENNINGSColonel · January 17, 1970
- JAMES EARL LAKINSSergeant · January 17, 1970
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- DAVID ARTHUR SWEETPrivate First Class · January 17, 1970
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
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.