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CHARLIE KENNETH SCATES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1937 – February 20, 1966
Service recordCharlie Kenneth Scates, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 586 SIG CO 41 SIG BN 2 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Martinsburg, West Virginia (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “586 SIG CO 41 SIG BN 2 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 57
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LARRY DOUGLAS STICEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- RAYMOND D WEIANDSergeant · February 20, 1966
- CARROLL LEON WELTYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MYRON MCCLELLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 55
From Martinsburg
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1967
- JEFFREY STEPHEN HATISONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE GREENFIELDPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS BRUMBAUGH JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.