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JOHN ANDREW CHARNOPLOSKY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1952 – November 15, 1971
Service recordJohn Andrew Charnoplosky, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 67
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1952
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1971; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 67
- HAROLD JUNIOR RITCHSpecialist Four · November 12, 1971
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · November 15, 1971
- DAVID ATOIGUE GORTONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1971
- ROBERT DUANE PIERCEPrivate First Class · November 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 67
- VINCENT PATRICK MARTIN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 68
- THOMAS JOE PUFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 68
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 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.