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CHARLES THOMAS HERSHEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – November 13, 1968
Service recordCharles Thomas Hershey, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 60
- ROBERT WILLIAM JASURAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- ARTHUR EARL KEESEESpecialist Five · November 13, 1968
- DONALD LARRY KEETERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- JACK WALTER RICESpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS GORDON HANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 59
- JACK WALTER RICESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 60
- THOMAS HENRY KLOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 61
- STEPHEN MORLEY MACCALLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 61
- LARRY EUGENE MAYBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 61
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.