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CHARLES OTIS PENNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1947 – February 14, 1968
Service recordCharles Otis Penney, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 37
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 37
- WAYMAN E PASKINSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PASTORESpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- ALBERT EARL PATRICKPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ARVIS BEAVERSSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 28
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 33
- DAVID GENE ISBELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 34
- RONALD FRANK KLOSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 35
- DONALD LEE LLOYDStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 35
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 36
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 36
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 37
- JOSE JUAN SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 39
- VERNON S TSCHERTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 40
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.