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CHARLES W LINDEWALD JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1938 – February 7, 1968
Service recordCharles W Lindewald JR, of La Porte, Indiana, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 5
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 30, 1938
- Home of record
- La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 7, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 38E, Line 5
- MYRON KOTCorporal · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID LONGLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH LONGABARDISpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL FREDERICK BURKESergeant First Class · Panel 37E, Line 76
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 37E, Line 77
- KENNETH HANNASergeant Major · Panel 37E, Line 83
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 84
- JAMES LESLIE MORELANDSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 7
- DANIEL RAYMOND PHILLIPSSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 10
From La Porte
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTERSergeant · November 9, 1970
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.