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CHARLES MILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – September 19, 1967
Service recordCharles Milton, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 93
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 93
- JOHN MERLE HASKINSPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- HERBERT ALLEN LOUCKSSergeant · September 19, 1967
- STANLEY W MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAY COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 92
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · Panel 26E, Line 92
- MARSHALL COLIN FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 92
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
- ISAIAH LAWS JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.