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CHARLES WRAY KAELIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1939 – January 20, 1967
Service recordCharles Wray Kaelin, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 57
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)
- ADV TM 1 MACV
- Born
- August 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 57
- JOHN LOREN HAYDENSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- FRED LEROY JOHNSONSergeant · January 20, 1967
- RONALD LEROY KENTStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.