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CHARLES R WILLARD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – January 7, 1970
Service recordCharles R Willard JR, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 10
- OLIVER CLIFTON STAMPSStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1970
- GENE GORDON WELLSStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1970
- RAYMOND AUSTIN WHITE IIIPrivate First Class · January 7, 1970
- FRANK ZYDZIK JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LYNESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 8
- LAROY FREDERICH ROTHSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 9
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.