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CHARLES WESLEY STERLING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1938 – March 31, 1971
Service recordCharles Wesley Sterling, of Ocean City, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 98
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 5, 1938
- Home of record
- Ocean City, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1971; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 98
- PHILIP BRADFORD TERRILLSpecialist Five · March 31, 1971
- MICHAEL LAROY THOMPKINSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1971
- HARRIS LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 31, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM ANDERSCorporal · April 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH LEE MARTHEPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 96
From Ocean City
- ROBERT A WOODROWSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JON RICHARD MORVAYPetty Officer Third Class · October 23, 1967
- JOHN C MARTINFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1968
- BRUCE MICHAEL MILEYSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
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.