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CHARLES WILLIAM DORNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – June 18, 1969
Service recordCharles William Dornon, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 75
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 75
- HARRY G DIEHLPlatoon Sergeant · June 18, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · June 18, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE EARPSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM EMMERTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BRADYCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 72
- ALAN HEALD GREENLAWSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 77
- MARTIN ALLEN MCZEALSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 81
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.