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CHARLES WALTER MALONE
Major · U.S. Army
February 25, 1925 – October 5, 1969
Service recordCharles Walter Malone, of Hays, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 42
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 25, 1925
- Home of record
- Hays, Kansas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969. In October 1969, 600 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 17W, Line 42
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCDANIELCorporal · October 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- ELVIS EARL MULLENCorporal · October 5, 1969
- GORDON LAVERN NAGELPetty Officer Second Class · October 5, 1969
From Hays
- NORMAN ALEXIUS LEIKAMMajor · October 23, 1965
- GARY LEE BINDERConstructionman · October 13, 1967
- OLIS RAY RIGBYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- JAMES EARL HESKETTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT LEE URBANPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · February 8, 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.