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CHARLES V REDDING III
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – October 23, 1969
Service recordCharles V Redding III, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 111
- ROBERT LEE ADAYSpecialist Four · October 24, 1969
- STEVEN BOALFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1969
- BENTON BROWNSergeant · October 24, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM BRUHNPrivate First Class · October 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VANCE MARTIN EVANSSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 108
- KENNETH EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 109
- RAYMOND ROBERT BLOSSEYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 110
- ROBERT PAUL SHEELYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.