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CHARLES WAYNE STRATTON
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 9, 1940 – January 3, 1971
Service recordCharles Wayne Stratton, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 3, 1971, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 24
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 34 TFS 388 TFW
- Born
- October 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 3, 1971
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 24
- FERRIS ANSEL RHODES JRMajor · January 3, 1971
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
- WILLIAM TERRY STODARDPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
- DAVID ALEXANDER TRESTERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.