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CHARLES MILTON DOWNS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1945 – February 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Milton Downs, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 59
- CHARLES FOULKS JRPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- RICKIE NORMAN GUNDERSONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH HILLMANPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 57
- JAMES WENDALL DALTONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- GARY ROY GENTHCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- CHARLES FOULKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RONALD JOSEPH HILLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE WAYCASTERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 61
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.