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CHARLES LEONARD DOOM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1946 – May 3, 1967
Service recordCharles Leonard Doom, of Dycusburg, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 815 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Dycusburg, Kentucky (Crittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 23
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- CHARLES CECIL DAVISPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 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.