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CHARLES KENNETH TRUESDALE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – March 13, 1970
Service recordCharles Kenneth Truesdale, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 124
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 610 ENG CO 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 124
- JAMES CURTISS ROLANDStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1970
- PAUL WARREN ROSESergeant · March 13, 1970
- ALLAN RUTTIMANNSergeant · March 13, 1970
- EUGENE EDWARD SPOONERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.