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JERRY DEAN CHARLTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1945 – October 25, 1967
Service recordJerry Dean Charlton, of Marvell, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Marvell, Arkansas (Phillips County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 65
- DONALD GLENN STAYROOKPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD CHRISCOESpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- DONALD RAY FOSTERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD CHRISCOESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 65
- JOHN BEN GAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 66
- GARY L GRISSOMSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 68
- CARL W OLIVERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 70
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.