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CHARLES R LATTA
Major · U.S. Army
February 17, 1931 – August 9, 1967
Service recordCharles R Latta, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO
- Born
- February 17, 1931
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “175 AVN CO”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 95
- ALLEN SHELDON CHERRYCaptain · August 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- GARY ROGER KOOMANSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEE HOPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 94
- GARY ROGER KOOMANSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 95
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- SIDNEY LAMAR LEONARDCaptain · February 10, 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.