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CHARLES WILLIAM PROSE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1950 – September 14, 1969
Service recordCharles William Prose JR, of Mcdermott, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Mcdermott, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 85
- LESLIE MARTIN POCSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- LEONARD LEE POTTSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- GALE STEWART PRITCHARDSpecialist Five · September 14, 1969
- DANIEL P RATLEDGE JRSergeant · September 14, 1969
From Mcdermott
- LARRY CHARLES VASTINECorporal · September 26, 1969
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.