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CHARLES RYA CRANFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1942 – June 7, 1970
Service recordCharles Rya Cranford, of King, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1942
- Home of record
- King, North Carolina (Stokes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 23
- JERE ALAN BARTONLieutenant Commander · June 7, 1970
- WALTER GOLASZEWSKISpecialist Five · June 7, 1970
- DONALD DALE HALLCorporal · June 7, 1970
- ORLA DANIEL HAMMACKSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ORLA DANIEL HAMMACKSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 23
- FRANCIS PEDRO VALDEZSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 25
From King
- EDWARD RAY SARGENTCorporal · September 2, 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.