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CHARLES MAURY HALLSTROM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1946 – September 25, 1970
Service recordCharles Maury Hallstrom, of Webster, South Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 89
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Webster, South Dakota (Day County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 89
- GERALD ALLAN COOPERMaster Sergeant · September 25, 1970
- ROBERT JUNIOR FISHLEIGHChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 25, 1970
- LLOYD HAROLD GRIMES IISergeant · September 25, 1970
- JACKIE PHILLIP HEILCaptain · September 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED LEE BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 88
- GUS PIPPINSSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 90
- BRUCE EDWARD THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 90
- DALE STEWART CHAMBERLAINSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 91
From Webster
- CURTIS LELAND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
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.