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CHARLES MICHAEL HOBBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1950 – March 1, 1969
Service recordCharles Michael Hobbs, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 4
- THOMAS LEE GAINES JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY HARVEYPrivate · March 1, 1969
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · March 1, 1969
- GEORGE VICTOR JMAEFFCorporal · March 1, 1969
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.