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CHARLES RICHARD PUTNAM
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1932 – March 31, 1967
Service recordCharles Richard Putnam, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 80
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 80
- RICHARD ALLEN MENEESSergeant · March 31, 1967
- PATRICK TIMOTHY MERCIERSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND MORGANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.