PFC Company "A", 1st Bn., 321st Infantry, 101st ABN Div., U. S. Army
Killed In Action, Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, 4 March 1966.
Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
Graduated Tyler County High School, 1965; enlisted U. S. Army, 14 June 1965.
Photo, left, Yearbook; right, History of Tyler County, W.Va., Vol. 2
CHARLES DAVID WADSWORTH, born 16 November 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland, was the son of Charles Irving Wadsworth and Frances Jane Yingling. The family is found in the 1950 census of Tyler County, W.Va.
1950 Census, Gorrell Run Rd., Tyler County, W.Va.
#102
Charles I. Wadsworth, 27, Head, Sawmill Hand, b. W.Va.
Frances J., 26, Wife, b. Maryland.
Dwight I., 5, Son, b. Maryland
Charles D., 3, Son, b. Maryland
According to a brief biography in History of Tyler County, West Virginia, Vol. 2, 2005, submitted by Sharon L. Neff, he was born in Baltimore, Maryland and was known as David or Dave. He attended grade school at Alvy, and graduated from Tyler County High School in 1965. He deployed to Vietnam in November 1965. In addition to his parents, he left two sisters, Nelda and Sharon.
Buried at Long Cemetery, Wetzel County, W.Va.
Photo from Find-A-Grave; permission for use requested.
Dwight Irving Wadsworth, the brother of Charles David, died tragically when he was electrocuted 10 September 1962, while home on leave from the U. S. Navy.
