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CHARLES RONALD EGGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1951 – December 31, 1971
Service recordCharles Ronald Eggers, of Portsmouth, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 93
- ROBERT LEE DENMARKSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
- WILLIAM YOUNG DUGGANLieutenant Colonel · December 31, 1971
- NEIL WADE JONESSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
- FREDERICK JOHN SUTTERCaptain · December 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS EARL TROTTERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 94
From Portsmouth
- GLEN THOMAS HOBBSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- GARY NOLAN SHYFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1968
- STEPHEN EARL CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS DEBOSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL HOWERTONCorporal · February 23, 1969
- TIMOTHY PAUL BAUERCorporal · February 26, 1969
- CLYDE SAMPSON EVANSSpecialist Five · May 21, 1969
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.