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CHARLES LEE COLLEPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1947 – June 17, 1968
Service recordCharles Lee Colleps, of Hutchins, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Hutchins, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 30
- RITO SILVALance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- MARK ANDREW WENZELWarrant Officer 1 · June 18, 1968
- DONALD EMERY WHITERSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DANIEL ANDREW WITKOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
From Hutchins
- CARL SYLVESTER PARKERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- SANDERFIERD ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
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.