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CHARLES RODNEY SLUSSER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1946 – September 26, 1968
Service recordCharles Rodney Slusser, of Seattle, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 23
- GEORGE JOHN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- JOHN CLIFFORD SMITH IIISpecialist Five · September 26, 1968
- JOHN WELFRED STAHLLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE STATESStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.