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CHARLES THEODORE THIELGES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1942 – September 4, 1969
Service recordCharles Theodore Thielges, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 35
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 35
- TERRY SIDNEY SMALLPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- DAVID ALBERTLance Corporal · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 33
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.