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CHARLES RAY ALEX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1949 – November 15, 1969
Service recordCharles Ray Alex, of Gardena, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 78
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 78
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- DEE OKEY NELSON CANADYStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1969
- JAMES RONALD CULWELLLance Corporal · November 15, 1969
- RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN FREDERICK GROTZKESpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 79
- WILLIAM DAVID MCGIVERNStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 81
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 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.