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CHARLES WILLIAM KANE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1936 – June 5, 1967
Service recordCharles William Kane, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 8, 1936
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 58
- DONALD LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- MICHAEL DEAN HALFORDSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1967
- DI REYES IBANEZGunnery Sergeant · June 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 58
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.