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CHARLES WESLEY BIRD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – October 14, 1967
Service recordCharles Wesley Bird, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 106
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 106
- ROBERT JOSEPH ARAUJOPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD BERUBESpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
- QUINTON MORGAN BICECorporal · October 14, 1967
- MICHAEL ALAN BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES BURROUGHSSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 107
- DONALD CHARLES HANSEN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 1
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 2
- JOSEPH WILDER PRANGEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 4
- RICHARD MCGREGORPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 5
- LAWRENCE ADAM WOJCIKPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 6
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 1967
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.