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CHARLES MRDJENOVICH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1946 – April 21, 1968
Service recordCharles Mrdjenovich, of Ft Bragg, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 23
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Bragg, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 23
- GENE TRACY COVEYSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RALPH MARTIN MAHONEYLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- CECIL JOE MOSERStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- JOHN MYRON VAUGHNLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALLACE RUDDSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 25
- RONALD FRANCIS VANAVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 26
From Ft Bragg
- HERMAN TOWERYCaptain · October 22, 1964
- JUSTIN MARSHALL LYNCHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- WALTER SUTTON WOODLieutenant Commander · May 2, 1966
- PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JRSergeant · May 13, 1970
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.