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CHARLES MANLEY MCGOVERN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1936 – January 29, 1969
Service recordCharles Manley McGovern, of Crestline, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 16
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Crestline, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 16
- DENNIS LEE KURZPetty Officer Third Class · January 29, 1969
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM LARRY MOTTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- MIGUEL ANGEL PUENTESSpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS CHARLES ESHLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 14
From Crestline
- DENNIS L HERSHNERPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.