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CHARLES MANUEL CENTENO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1943 – September 27, 1966
Service recordCharles Manuel Centeno, of Gilroy, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Gilroy, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 21
- JERRY WAYNE ROSSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- CHARLES WONDREWS TURNERSpecialist Four · September 26, 1966
- FRANK EDWARD DZIWISZ JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- ARVEL HUGH HALLPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN LOWDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 22
From Gilroy
- JAMES WILBUR ERVINSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WOLFGANG WERNER KARASCHPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LEE ATTILIO GRECOMajor · December 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLASpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM MARLOWESpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENOCorporal · February 14, 1969
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
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.