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CHARLES LEE HATHORN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1948 – April 7, 1969
Service recordCharles Lee Hathorn JR, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 31
- MICHAEL DANIEL GRIFFISSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE HOOVERSergeant · April 7, 1969
- DONALD MACK KINNEYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BISHOPSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 29
- ANTHONY JOHN FANFASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 30
- STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARYPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 32
- RONALD ALLEN SEHESTEDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 34
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 34
- DARRELL EDWARD WALDENSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 35
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
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.