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CHARLIE R STRICKLAND JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1941 – March 6, 1968
Service recordCharlie R Strickland JR, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 35
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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
- August 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 43E, Line 35
- JAMES HERBERT SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- KENNETH ALLAN STANCIULance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SANDRA HOSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 22
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 34
From Rocky Mount
- THOMAS HENRY MAULTSBY JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1964
- GEORGE FOXESpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ROSCOE L VICKSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- MACK DANIEL SIMMONS IIISpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CARL DOUGLAS DUDLEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 19, 1968
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.