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CHARLES KENNETH DEERE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordCharles Kenneth Deere, of Okemah, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Okemah, Oklahoma (Okfuskee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 8
- JOHN RAYMOND CROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WILHELM KARL DAMMERStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- GLENN EDWIN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS NELSON DEANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK ALLEN BARCLAYSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 42
- ELROY EUGENE BEIERSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 2
- WILLIAM DENNI BREIGHTMYERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 2
- THEODORE R BONHAM JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 3
- FOSTER HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 15
- KENNETH PORTER MORROWSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 24
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
From Okemah
- JAMES ELDON ROSEStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- TERRY KAY MAREADYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- BILLY JOE WATSONSergeant First Class · June 21, 1971
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.