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CHARLES LOUIS TANK
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 14, 1943 – April 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Louis Tank, of Ecorse, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- September 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Ecorse, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 12
- GEORGE HENRY SMITHCorporal · April 19, 1969
- BERNARD REINHOLD TERHORSTMajor · April 19, 1969
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
From Ecorse
- JOE D JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM KINNEYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD TANKPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- MARTEE BRADLEY JRSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- FLOYD RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1971
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.