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GEORGE W CHARTERS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – August 2, 1970
Service recordGeorge W Charters JR, of Ft Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications System Circuit Controller (32D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Washington, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 76
- ANTON JOHN SCHOEPKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 1, 1970
- PERRY GRAY BLACKCorporal · August 2, 1970
- JAMES ALAN BOYERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1970
- JOE HUGH FULGHAMSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
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.