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CHARLES W WARRINGTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – March 16, 1969
Service recordCharles W Warrington JR, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 57
- RICHARD MICHAEL ROCCOCorporal · March 16, 1969
- MARLON WADE TROXELPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RAYMOND SWISHERSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 56
From Woodland Hills
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- MYRON WALDO BERGStaff Sergeant · April 8, 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.