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CHARLES RONALD HORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – February 21, 1968
Service recordCharles Ronald Horton, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 53
- JOSEPH HUDSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- ZYGMUNT PAUL JABLONSKI JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- RAMON JURADOPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE LOUIS PEAKESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 52
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 53
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.