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CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – March 13, 1969
Service recordCharles Vaughn Dupre, of Olean, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 28
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Olean, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 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 29W, Line 28
- DONNIE WAYNE CAUDILLSergeant · March 13, 1969
- HENRY CHAMBERLAINStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- CORNELL RICHARD R CLARKESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN CONLEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY COLE PROUDFOOTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 31
- KENNETH LAWRENCE WATSONSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 33
From Olean
- EDWIN RILEY GOODRICH JRLieutenant Colonel · March 12, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD MONTAGUELieutenant (junior grade) · January 4, 1968
- DANIEL BENEDICT HENRYPetty Officer First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOHN GODFREY JRFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- DONALD GERALD BAILEYCorporal · January 11, 1972
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.