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CHARLES MARTIN PENLEY JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1942 – May 11, 1969
Service recordCharles Martin Penley JR, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 53
- CHARLIE THOMAS NEALSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ROBERT NELSON NEWMANPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- RICHARD MANUEL PACOSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- DENNIS ROBERT RANKSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 48
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 49
- GEORGE HENRY JULESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 50
- ROBERT GARY KOVALPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 50
- TERRY KAY MAREADYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 52
- TERRY ALAN MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 52
- CHARLIE THOMAS NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 53
- RICHARD MANUEL PACOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 53
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 54
- WILLIAM SHELLEY SLAUGHTERSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 56
- WILLIAM HENRY SWANSONPrivate · Panel 25W, Line 56
- MICHAEL ARTHUR WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 57
- LARRY LEE WEEDENSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 57
- RICHARD LEE ZODYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 58
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.