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CHARLES RAY MCCURTAIN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – November 12, 1968
Service recordCharles Ray McCurtain JR, of Brentwood, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Brentwood, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 November 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 55
- JAMES COSTA MAIATO JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- WILBUR LEROY MONGWarrant Officer 1 · November 12, 1968
- EUSEBIO MONTOYAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER MYERS JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES E CUMMINGS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 53
- DALE K LARSONSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 54
- WILBUR LEROY MONGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 55
From Brentwood
- ARMANDO VILLAPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- WAYNE AUGUST GOETSCHPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- KENNETH RALPH PEDERSENPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
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.