Alston, Charles Edward
Army Private 1st class

Charles Edward Alston, age 24, from Wake County Raleigh, North Carolina .

Parents: Mary F. Lane

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, January 25, 1966
Death details: He was en route to join a new offensive against the Viet Cong when the transport plane slammed into a hillside in Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, News and Observer (1966), Associated Press (1966)