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CHARLES LYNN HEMMINGWAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1943 – June 13, 1967
Service recordCharles Lynn Hemmingway, of Dodge City, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 98
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 162 MACV
- Born
- February 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Dodge City, Kansas (Ford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 98
- CLYDE RICHARD HOUSER JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR LAPIERRECaptain · June 13, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO MCNARYSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 13, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
From Dodge City
- FRANKIE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- PHILLIP MASON HINESPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- JAMES LEO NUFERPrivate First Class · March 11, 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.