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DAN EUGENE CHARLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1943 – March 3, 1968
Service recordDan Eugene Charles, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong 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.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 48
- DAVID ARTHUR CARLISeaman · March 3, 1968
- MELVIN CARRILLOPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- RONALD JEROME DENT CASPERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL DARBYPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ALSMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 47
- RONALD JEROME DENT CASPERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- JAMES MICHAEL DARBYPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- VINCENT ANTHONY DATENASpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 49
- FRANCISCO FRANCOSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 51
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
- JIMMY FRANCIS LEHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 53
- JIMMIE EDWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 55
- DANIEL L PENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 55
- HARMON WAYNE PERRYSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 56
- EDDIE LEE PLEASANTSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 56
- SAMUEL DEWEY RIDER JRSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 56
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 57
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 57
- KENNETH LINDLE OLDHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 58
- DENNIS HUGH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 58
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 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.