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CHARLIE THOMAS TANTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1935 – June 27, 1971
Service recordCharlie Thomas Tanton, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 91
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1935
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 91
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1971
- STUART MARSHALL BINKLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1971
- BERNARD FRANCIS BRZEZINSKICorporal · June 28, 1971
- CHARLES WILLIAM COOKSpecialist Five · June 28, 1971
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 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.