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CHARLES KEITH DAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – January 11, 1969
Service recordCharles Keith Day, of Franklin, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 70
- CLYDE LEROY DICKASONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- IRINEO GUEVARAPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- ROCKY WADE HANNAPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- DENNIS HAROLD HAYNESPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS C BULLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 69
- VAL LYNDON LAFONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 73
From Franklin
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- RICKEY LEAROY GILLUMPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JONATHAN FAYE LOWMANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDGAR BAKER JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · November 24, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · November 4, 1969
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 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.