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CHARLES VALE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – June 3, 1969
Service recordCharles Vale, of Orlando, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 60
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Airfield Commander (1982)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 60
- CLEMENT VALENCIA JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE WATSONCaptain · June 3, 1969
- RANDALL RAY WHITESpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS FLOYD BIBERDORFCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 50
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- GAYLORD GERALD KERRStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 55
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCPARLANEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 56
- ALLEN HARVEY ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 57
- WALTER S SEDDIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 59
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 60
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.