| Surname |
Beranek |
| Forename |
Charles Sylvester |
| Unit |
5 SF Group (Company A,Det A-332) |
| Rank |
First Lieutenant |
| Number |
05331975 |
| Date of death |
14th June 1968 |
| Age |
24 |
| Gravesite |
Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery,Wausau,Marathon County,Wisconsin |
| Additional information |
from Mosinee,Wisconsin
born 18.12.1943 Marathon County,Wisconsin
son of Sylvester John and Annette (nee Wimmer) Beranek
husband of Kathleen Mary (nee Zyduck) Beranek (died 2004) (1 son Brian Joseph - died 1991)
award Bronze Star
KIA Minh Thanh,Binh Long Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 57W Line 16
1968 06 14 O-2 1LT Charles S. Beranek 31542 KIA SVN; Beranek had been assigned as XO of ODA-332, Minh Thanh, Binh Long Province for nearly a year and had completed his tour. On the morning of June 14, 1968, he said good bye to his team and caught a ride on a resupply helicopter to clear the B team, B-33 at Hon Quan (An Loc) Binh Long Province. LT Beranek spent the day clearing the B team and was to catch the same resupply helicopter to the C team in Bien Hoa later that day, after the helicopter had made all of its runs to the surrounding A camps. Late that afternoon, the resupply helicopter pilot called in, said he was a few minutes out and anyone needing a ride to the C team should assemble on the B-33 helicopter pad. LT Beranek and a few other passengers were waiting on the helicopter pad when several 82MM mortar rounds impacted nearby. Shrapnel severed LT Beranek's carotid artery and he died a few minutes later.
Information was from Don J. Taylor, a friend and former army brother, who was there the day Charles died. |
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