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RONNIE JOE CHARLES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1933 – March 25, 1968
Service recordRonnie Joe Charles, of South Gate, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- March 1, 1933
- Home of record
- South Gate, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 15
- GLENN FRANCIS CASHDOLLARStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- BRUCE ALAN COBBPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- LLOYD ARTHUR COLFACKPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- EUGENE JEROME CURLESS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1968
From South Gate
- DONALD WESLEY WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- GARY DEAN MILLERSergeant · March 30, 1967
- JOHN DEE MENDOZASpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS KEITH BEAMONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WILSONPetty Officer First Class · January 14, 1969
- TERRY MIKEL CONWAYPrivate · October 12, 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.