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CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1943 – February 4, 1967
Service recordCharles Sutherland Hymers, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 128 AVN CO 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP
- Born
- September 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 117
- WILLIAM DON DAUGHERTYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- KENT LEROY JOHNSTONECorporal · February 4, 1967
- GARY LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LEECorporal · February 4, 1967
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 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.