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CHARLES TIENEREY MORTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1950 – December 7, 1970
Service recordCharles Tienerey Morton, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 113
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 113
- THOMAS LEE LAFFERTYCorporal · December 7, 1970
- CARMINE ANGELO MACEDONIOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
- RICHARD LEON REEDSergeant · December 7, 1970
- DENNIS LEON ROUSKASergeant · December 7, 1970
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.