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CHARLES JOEL BEHM JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – April 30, 1968
Service recordCharles Joel Behm JR, of Marion, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Marion, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 9
- GARY WISNIERSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- GARY LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- WALTER FRASIER BARNESCorporal · April 30, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN BENNETTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · Panel 53E, Line 11
- JOHN PALMORE HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 15
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 16
- RONALD EUGENE PARRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 20
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 20
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53E, Line 25
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · Panel 53E, Line 25
- JAMES E WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 25
From Marion
- BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROMCaptain · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN HENRY SCHULZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE SPICERCorporal · March 1, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE HICKMANChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1968
- JAMES CAUDILLLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- ERVIN BRADLEY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · August 21, 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.