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CHARLES ROBERT VEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1943 – July 26, 1967
Service recordCharles Robert Vest, of Lynchburg, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1967, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Born
- January 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Ohio
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Added to the Wall
- 2011
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 30
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID KIESERAirman · July 29, 1967
- LARRY VERGESS KINARDLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY KISCHSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH KOSIK IIIAirman · July 29, 1967
From Lynchburg
- CHARLES ROBERT LOVEDAHLFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1968
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2011, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.