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CHARLES VENTON MCGOVERN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1934 – November 10, 1970
Service recordCharles Venton McGovern, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 50
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 31, 1934
- Home of record
- Harrisonburg, Virginia (Harrisonburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 50
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- FRANCIS XAVIER BUNKSpecialist Four · November 11, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD GARLANDPrivate First Class · November 11, 1970
- CURTIS RICHARDSpecialist Five · November 11, 1970
From Harrisonburg
- GARLAND D WHITMORE IIFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1967
- ELZA MORTON BREWER JRSergeant · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM MEDFORD PANGLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
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.