PFC CHARLES DeWAYNE DAMSGARD
720th Military Police Battalion
"C" Company
Age
20 - From St. Paul, Minnesota
Killed in action December 8, 1966 - Bien Hoa, South Viet Nam
FROM "720th MILITARY POLICE
BATTALION VIET NAM PROJECT"
(http://www.720mpvietnamproject.org/honor_roll_720th/casualties_battalion/damsgard_charles_d/damsguard_charles_d.html)
On Thursday, 8 December 1966, PFC Charles
De Wayne Damsgard, age 20, from St. Paul, Minnesota, C Company, became
the 720th MP Battalion’s first casualty in Vietnam.
PFC Damsgard was killed by small arms fire while performing night ambush duties outside the perimeter of the 3rd Ordinance Ammunition Supply Depot at Long Binh Post in Bien Hoa Province.
PFC Damsgard responded to a radio inquiry from the battalion Tactical Operations Command to determine the nature of the firing from another ambush site next to his teams.
Unable to contact the other site by radio he proceeded to the neighboring teams location. In the darkness he accidentally wandered into their kill zone and was mistaken for the enemy. A burst of fire from the ambush site critically wounded him resulting in his death.
PFC Damsgard was killed by small arms fire while performing night ambush duties outside the perimeter of the 3rd Ordinance Ammunition Supply Depot at Long Binh Post in Bien Hoa Province.
PFC Damsgard responded to a radio inquiry from the battalion Tactical Operations Command to determine the nature of the firing from another ambush site next to his teams.
Unable to contact the other site by radio he proceeded to the neighboring teams location. In the darkness he accidentally wandered into their kill zone and was mistaken for the enemy. A burst of fire from the ambush site critically wounded him resulting in his death.
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General / Personal ---
Last name: DAMSGARD
First name: CHARLES DE WAYNE
Home of Record (official): ST PAUL
State (official): MN
Date of Birth: Sunday, January 20, 1946
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 55848964
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B10
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Saturday, October 1, 1966
Date of Casualty: Thursday, December 8, 1966
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Misadventure (possibly friendly fire) (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Bien Hoa
The Wall: Panel 13E - Row 021
Last name: DAMSGARD
First name: CHARLES DE WAYNE
Home of Record (official): ST PAUL
State (official): MN
Date of Birth: Sunday, January 20, 1946
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 55848964
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B10
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Saturday, October 1, 1966
Date of Casualty: Thursday, December 8, 1966
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Misadventure (possibly friendly fire) (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Bien Hoa
The Wall: Panel 13E - Row 021
INFORMATION
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MEMORIAL FUND WEBSITE
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CHARLES DE WAYNE DAMSGARD
is honored on Panel 13E, Row 21 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Full Name: CHARLES DE WAYNE DAMSGARD
Wall Name: CHARLES D DAMSGARD
Date of Birth: 1/20/1946
Date of Casualty: 12/8/1966
Home of Record: ST PAUL
State: MN
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: PFC
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: PR & MR UNKNOWN
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