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JOHN WILLIAM CHARLTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1947 – April 9, 1967
Service recordJohn William Charlton, of St Augustine, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1947
- Home of record
- St Augustine, Florida (St Johns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 2
- THOMAS PAUL CIBOROWSKIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- JOHN CORNELIUS DUNLAPLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- RODNEY CLINTON EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN WAYNE PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 7
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 7
From St Augustine
- LEO CURTIS CHASE JRPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD ARNOLD OSTEEN JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- ROBERT EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- LEON FAIRDEN HUBERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHELLEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- TOM DAVIS JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- HENRY LEROY QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- JIMMIE DON COXPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRCaptain · April 21, 1972
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.