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CHARLES THOMAS DEATON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1949 – September 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Thomas Deaton, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 15
- CLARENCE ALTON CORLEY JRSergeant · September 28, 1969
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY EMERY JRFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1969
- THOMAS JEFFERSON GABBARDSergeant · September 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESTER CHARLES COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 14
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 15
- DENNIS OLIVER MCGHEESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 17
- TIMMY VALADEZPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 18
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
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.