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CHARLES THOMAS OWEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1944 – November 19, 1966
Service recordCharles Thomas Owen, of Athens, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Athens, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 90
- JAMES OHLINGERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- CARL WAYNE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- FRANKIE LEON PRIESTSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARL WAYNE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 90
From Athens
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1967
- RONNIE FRANKLIN BRANAMSergeant · April 10, 1968
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- HERSHEL LEE WALTO GOSSETTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- MILARD LUTHER E BLEDSOEStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- FREDDIE MICHAEL SHERLINSpecialist Five · August 8, 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.