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CHARLES PIERCE RUSSELL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 11, 1941 – December 3, 1971
Service recordCharles Pierce Russell, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 3, 1971, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 83
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 83
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · December 2, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WARREN JRSergeant · December 2, 1971
- SCHYLER WATTSStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1971
- RICHARD ALBERT GREENFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1971
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
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.