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CHARLES L WASHINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1950 – December 16, 1969
Service recordCharles L Washington, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 66
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 66
- JUAN CARRILLOSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS CASTEELSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- GARY VAUGHN CLARKSergeant · December 17, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.