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CHARLES W LOLLIS
Major · U.S. Army
August 7, 1934 – February 6, 1968
Service recordCharles W Lollis, of Oakhurst, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Logistics Officer (2625)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 7, 1934
- Home of record
- Oakhurst, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 61
- GREGORY HOWARD LUNDECorporal · February 6, 1968
- GLEN THOMAS LUNSFORDSergeant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN LUTZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- ALVIN PERNELL MASONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · Panel 37E, Line 53
- CHARLES CLIFFORD MITCHEMStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 63
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.