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EDWARD CHARITY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1946 – October 27, 1967
Service recordEdward Charity JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 79
- DAVID PAUL BETTSLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- HORACE CANNCorporal · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEW CARLOZZILance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT J CARMODYStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODGER GLYNN BARNESCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- HORACE CANNCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 79
- WALTER A MARABLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- DENNIS HOWARD GRANTSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 84
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 85
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 86
- JOHN ALLEN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 86
- DAVID LOUIS STOLLCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 88
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.