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CHARLES WILLIAM IRBY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – January 15, 1968
Service recordCharles William Irby, of Hillsboro, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 54
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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
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Illinois (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 54
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ERNEST TYRONE MARTINSergeant First Class · January 15, 1968
- ROBERT MATHIASLance Corporal · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JAMES BOSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 51
- BRIAN THOMAS CADYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 51
- KENNETH RALPH HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 53
- ERNEST TYRONE MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 34E, Line 54
- THOMAS ROGER WATTSSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 55
- RICHARD HAROLD WALKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 56
From Hillsboro
- LARRY DEAN CLAYBROOKLance Corporal · January 27, 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.