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CHARLES LATTIMORE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1943 – April 11, 1967
Service recordCharles Lattimore JR, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 15
- KENNETH GLEN KONOFFSergeant · April 11, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD KRITZSergeant · April 11, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN LARAWAYLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- CHARLES RAYStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1967
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 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.