Charles Warner Becker

Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 28TH INFANTRY, 1 INF DIV
Army of the United States
02 November 1949 - 14 September 1969
Minooka, Illinois
Panel 18W Line 083

1 INF DIV

28TH INF RGT 		Combat Infantry

National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Charles Warner Becker

23 Jun 2007

To our friend and classmate - Charlie Becker. He was a nice, fun guy who drove a hot orange car! All who knew you here in Minooka and Channahon will always miss you and the life you never got to live.

From a friend.
cldrtd@aol.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 14 Sep 1969 the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry lost nine men in Binh Duong Province - one to enemy fire and eight to the accidental detonation of a US Claymore mine. The eight who died in the accident were
  • SSG Joseph V. Mathias, Moline, IL, HQ Company
  • SGT Daniel P. Ratledge, Mineral, CA, B Company
  • SP4 Leonard L. Potts, St Louis, MO, B Company
  • SP4 Jeffrey J. Johns, Anoka, MN, E Company
  • SP4 Tony E. Scoggins, Graham, NC, E Company
  • PFC Charles W. Becker, Minooka, IL, A Company
  • PFC Paul W. Murphy, Atlanta, GA, D Company
  • PFC Walter E. Heyer, Warren, MI, E Company
The ninth man killed that day was SP4 Gary K. Stanfield of Chanute, Kansas; he was killed by an enemy grenade.




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 23 Jun 2007
Last updated 08/10/2009