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CHARLES PATRICK SCARANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – April 3, 1968
Service recordCharles Patrick Scarano served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 54
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1946
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 54
- DOUGLAS CECIL RISTINESpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- ERVIN LEE RUSHLance Corporal · April 3, 1968
- GARY ARDEAN RYDENPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- RONALD LEE ZACHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DAYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 48
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 50
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 51
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 51
- LESLIE JOHN LANTOSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 52
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 53
- DAVID CARL THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 57
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 57
- THEODORE WILLIAM SANDIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 58
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.