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CHARLES JAY REVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – March 12, 1969
Service recordCharles Jay Revis, of Old Fort, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 23
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Old Fort, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 23
- FRED EARL RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- LEMOND RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- FLOYD HENRY ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- FRANKLIN JAMES RUNGESpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 19
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · Panel 29W, Line 19
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 21
- FLOYD HENRY ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 23
- FRANKLIN JAMES RUNGESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
- ROBERT EUGENE SHAFFERCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 24
From Old Fort
- RAY DOUGLAS LEDFORDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- GOLLIE LEO GRANTHospitalman · September 19, 1966
- HUGH EDWARD REVISPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- LESTER STANLEY VESSPrivate First Class · October 30, 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.