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CHARLES M EDWARDS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1940 – June 25, 1966
Service recordCharles M Edwards, of Clarendon, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Clarendon, Arkansas (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 92
- THOMAS CLIFFORD EDWARDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARD EGGLESTONGunnery Sergeant · June 25, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HENRY HAYDEN ALLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 90
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 94
From Clarendon
- JAMES WILLIAM NOTHERN JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 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.