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CHARLES OTIS OLIVER
Private · U.S. Army
October 1, 1948 – April 6, 1969
Service recordCharles Otis Oliver, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 26
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 26
- PAUL EDWARD MAPLESSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- GEORGE WATSON MCDONOUGHSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- LARRY DEAN MILLINGSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- JOSEPH NESBITTSpecialist Five · April 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANKLIN AYERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27W, Line 23
- JOHN WILLIE BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 27
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.