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CHARLES ROBERT BIGLIENI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1949 – March 5, 1971
Service recordCharles Robert Biglieni, of Republic, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Republic, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 23
- KENNETH JAMES WAGNERLance Corporal · March 4, 1971
- STEVEN RALPH BURCHWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1971
- RICHARD SAMUEL DENNISONSpecialist Five · March 5, 1971
- GILBERT DOWELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LOUIS HASHAGENCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 24
From Republic
- THOMAS HUGH AMOSMajor · April 20, 1972
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.