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CHARLES WASSEL PERMALOFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – February 2, 1968
Service recordCharles Wassel Permaloff, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- 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
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương 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 36E, Line 79
- HUGH R MCKIBBIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ALLEN TWIGGS MERRITT IVPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- DENNIS J MILLERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- LARRY LEVERN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOEL HUMBERTO GONZALEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 72
- GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 73
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 74
- WILLARD VERNON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 75
- RAYMOND EUGENE KRAMERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 76
- GARY JOSEPH LANDONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 77
- WILLIAM EARL LOZIERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 78
- HILBERTO ORTEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 80
- WILMER POTTSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 85
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- GAYLORD JAMES SEBENSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- WILLIAM RANDAL TRUETTSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 1
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.