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JAMES W CHARLESWORTH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1949 – May 11, 1970
Service recordJames W Charlesworth JR, of Girard, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Girard, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 17
- STEVEN WARREN BOEGLICorporal · May 11, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN ELLISStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1970
- ROBERT CHARLES GEIGERSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- WILLARD DONALD OBRIENSpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL JOSEPH YADOCKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 21
From Girard
- JOSEPH A SICILIANO JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- RONALD CARL ROSSStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR JONESPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- PAUL ANTHONY SGAMBATISpecialist Four · March 3, 1971
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.