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CHARLES M RUSSELL III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1944 – November 24, 1969
Service recordCharles M Russell III, of Pembroke, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 119
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Pembroke, Georgia (Bryan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 119
- JOHN JUNIOR SEXTONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- THOMAS MARCELLUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- JAMES BLAIR WHITEMajor · November 24, 1969
- JOHN HEZEKIAH WHITTINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 113
- ROGER LEE BYUSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 115
- JOSEPH RANDAL HARRISSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 117
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.