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CHARLES WILLIAM BEESLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1947 – August 4, 1969
Service recordCharles William Beesler, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 94
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- JAMES DAVID WHITECaptain · August 3, 1969
- ROY DONALD BRATTONFirst Lieutenant · August 4, 1969
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.