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CHARLES SAMUEL RIDOUT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 15, 1938 – July 20, 1966
Service recordCharles Samuel Ridout, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 49
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 49
- COLIN KEITH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- CRAIG ROLAND NOBERTMajor · July 20, 1966
- BRADLEY ALAN PEARSONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- DAVID E PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD SHERAN BRATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 44
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DOUGLAS MASON KYSERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 47
- COLIN KEITH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 49
- DAVID E PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 49
- CHARLES WENDLE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 50
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 50
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.