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CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAM
Captain · U.S. Navy
January 14, 1928 – March 9, 1967
Service recordCharles Lancaster Putnam, of Key West, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on March 9, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 48
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. Navy
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- January 14, 1928
- Home of record
- Key West, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 9, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 48
- RONNIE RAY PITTMANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- DANIEL CORTEZ REESEAirman First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
From Key West
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JRCaptain · July 27, 1966
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · August 25, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- KERMIT BRUCE ROBERTSTechnical Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.