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CHARLES RUSSELL RHUE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1947 – May 19, 1967
Service recordCharles Russell Rhue, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 48
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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 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 48
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JAMES KELLY PATTERSONLieutenant Commander · May 19, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ALAN THOMAS READPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VERNON LEE HENKEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 44
- RICHARD PETER HILGARTPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 44
- WALTER ALBERT WILKSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 52
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.