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CHARLIE LEE LOGAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1941 – November 11, 1968
Service recordCharlie Lee Logan, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 50
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 50
- DAVID ALLEN KNOXSergeant · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE MORMAN JRSergeant · November 11, 1968
- RICHARD LEE MOYERSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- THOMAS BALLARD RAINEYFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WAYNE CHANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 47
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.