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CHARLES RICHARD MCNULTY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – May 16, 1970
Service recordCharles Richard McNulty, of Mclean, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Mclean, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 53
- BILLY RAY MCCULLOUGHSergeant · May 16, 1970
- EUGENE FLOYD MCNALLYLieutenant Commander · May 16, 1970
- JOE EDWARD RABERSergeant · May 16, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE RILESPrivate First Class · May 16, 1970
From Mclean
- SIDNEY B MACLEOD JRCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · September 25, 1968
- BRUCE JOEL DUNHAMSergeant · June 9, 1969
- DAVID DAWSON PEPPIN JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- VYRL EUGENE LEICHLITER JRFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
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.