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CHARLES KENT PURCELL II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – May 13, 1967
Service recordCharles Kent Purcell II, of Valparaiso, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 111
- MELECIO ORTIZCorporal · May 13, 1967
- LARRY LEROY REISSIGPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES DEREK REYNOLDSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE ROBINSONLieutenant Commander · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEROY REISSIGPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 111
From Valparaiso
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · April 17, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE RABRENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 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.