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CHARLES WILLIAM MCLAUREN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1936 – June 23, 1970
Service recordCharles William McLauren, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 85
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 28, 1936
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 85
- JOHN JAMES MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 23, 1970
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1970
- JOE PALMER PEDERSONMaster Sergeant · June 23, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.