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CHARLES VARENCE PENN
Captain · U.S. Army
November 4, 1939 – November 29, 1969
Service recordCharles Varence Penn, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 7
- JAMES IRVIN MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDREW OKEEFE JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL PIASECKIPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.