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CHARLES THOMAS MALEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1949 – February 11, 1970
Service recordCharles Thomas Maley, of Glendale, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Glendale, New York (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 127
- JONATHAN LEE LAMMSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- ENRIQUE LUJANPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEWIS MCCURLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- RAYMOND ROSS MOONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JAMES BURNS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 124
- MORGAN LANE CAHOONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 124
- TIMOTHY CHARLES FARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 125
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHULERPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 125
- KENNETH LAVERN KELLERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 126
- PAUL HERBERT KNECHTSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 126
- VINCENT MICHAEL LAROCCASpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 126
- RAYMOND ROSS MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- ROBERT ROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 128
- MARLIN TRENT PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 128
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 128
From Glendale
- WALTER THOMAS GEIGERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- HUBERT JOSEPH FINKSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- GREGORY FRANCIS AMBROSEPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
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.