The Wall › Panel 30E › Kansas › Charles Ralph Acheson
CHARLES RALPH ACHESON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – November 21, 1967
Service recordCharles Ralph Acheson, of Palco, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 52
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Palco, Kansas (Rooks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 52
- LEMUEL TAYLOR WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- JOHN ROBY WOLFPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY WOOTENStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 53
- HAROLD BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 54
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.