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CHARLES LINDON VANOVER SR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1930 – May 19, 1966
Service recordCharles Lindon Vanover SR, of Iaeger, West Virginia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Iaeger, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 114
- GARY CARL RUHLOFFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN BAGOPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- JOE HAROLD KEIFERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1967
- DONALD GEORGE REICHPrivate First Class · January 4, 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.