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CHARLES WALTER DEW BALCOE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordCharles Walter Dew Balcoe, of Welch, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 536 ENG DET 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Welch, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 26
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- JOHNNY BOYD ALBRITTONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
From Welch
- ROBERT LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- JULIUS CARTWRIGHT FOSTERLance Corporal · February 22, 1968
- DAVID LEE SACKETTFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1969
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.