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CHARLES JESSE FORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1925 – March 10, 1966
Service recordCharles Jesse Ford, of Jonesboro, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- July 27, 1925
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 134
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- CLARENCE CORNELIUS WILSONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
From Jonesboro
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- RAY MORGAN KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- JAMES EDGAR BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- EDDIE B STORYMajor · October 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HYLMONCorporal · March 8, 1970
- LOUIS ROBERT TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1972
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.