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CHARLES LESTER GETMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
December 7, 1941 – July 19, 1966
Service recordCharles Lester Getman, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Born
- December 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 38
- JACK MONTGOMERY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- STEPHEN WHITMAN DIAMONDMajor · July 19, 1966
- BERNARD DILLARDSpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES ROGER FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 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.