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CHARLES OTTIS NEAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1943 – October 10, 1967
Service recordCharles Ottis Neal, of Greeneville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 85
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Greeneville, Tennessee (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 85
- FREDERICK JAMES MILEY JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- JAMES BUCKSON MOORELieutenant Colonel · October 10, 1967
- DENIS OCONNORCaptain · October 10, 1967
- EDWARD M SELKREGG IIILance Corporal · October 10, 1967
From Greeneville
- DONALD JAY FILLERSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- WILLIAM CUTSHAWPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- ROBERT MASONLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JAMES DANIEL KELLEYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- HAROLD CLIFFORD STILLSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · October 31, 1969
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- RAE KELLAND RIPPETOELance Corporal · November 14, 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.