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CHARLIE LYLES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1942 – November 17, 1966
Service recordCharlie Lyles JR, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 83
- NICHOLAS MARK HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD ROSSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CECIL CAYEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 82
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 83
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 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.