Charles E Aronhalt, Jr

First Lieutenant
B CO, 1ST BN, 8TH INF RGT, 4 INF DIV
Army of the United States
17 September 1942 - 18 May 1967
Cumberland, Maryland
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4 INF DIV

8TH INF RGT
Distinguished Service Cross

Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Charles E Aronhalt, Jr

11 Aug 2001

I lived in the same apartment house with Chuck at Fort Rucker.

Call me at 619/269-8418.

Larry Patterson
4sanpat@cox.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

First Lieutenant Charles Aronhalt was one of 48 Americans who died as a result of the fighting around Plei Doc on 18-22 May 1967.

Perhaps the most longstanding tradition of Johns Hopkins University lacrosse is the annual tribute to the team's war dead, in which two flags with gold stars are attached to the goals before the first home game. There they are displayed at every home game throughout the season.

The tradition got its start at the opening game of the 1919 season, when team captain Herb Baxley hung a flag having three gold stars, each one representing a former Hopkins lacrosse player who had died in World War I. A second flag with seven stars was added after World War II, to pay tribute to the seven men who died in that war.

After the Vietnam conflict, the flag bore an eighth star to honor Charles E. Aronhalt.



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a friend,
Larry Patterson
4sanpat@cox.net 
11 Aug 2001



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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