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CHARLES LEROY SLACK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – February 15, 1967
Service recordCharles Leroy Slack JR, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 36
- RICHARD DWAINE STOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES LEROY RUSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
- PEDRO ANDRE SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS PETER RUSSOPlatoon Sergeant · March 3, 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.