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CHARLIE MATTHEW LOGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1950 – March 22, 1971
Service recordCharlie Matthew Logan, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 68
- ROBERT NORMAND LEBRUNSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- JOHN WILSON MCLEMORE JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- PETER GIBNEY MORIARTYCaptain · March 22, 1971
- ROGER WILLIAM STAHLCorporal · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER ZENO CZARNOTAPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 65
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS GUCOFSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 66
- ROBERT NORMAND LEBRUNSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 68
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 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.