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CHARLES ROSS DEWINDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – November 27, 1969
Service recordCharles Ross Dewindt, of Lena, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 127
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Lena, Wisconsin (Oconto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 127
- WILLIAM OSLER BRANTLEY JRCaptain · November 27, 1969
- LARRY LYNN FOWLERCorporal · November 27, 1969
- LINWOOD EARL HYMANPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SILVAPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
From Lena
- ANTHONY JOHN PODEBRADSKYSergeant · February 15, 1968
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.