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CHARLES ROBERT DOWNEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – May 17, 1967
Service recordCharles Robert Downey JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 14
- WHILTON ANTHONY MCCARTHYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE DODGECommander · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ADRAIN EAKINSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DON HUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 16
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.