CHARLES D BLACK
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HONORED ON PANEL 18E, LINE 21 OF THE WALL

CHARLES DUFFY BLACK

WALL NAME

CHARLES D BLACK

PANEL / LINE

18E/21

DATE OF BIRTH

07/15/1942

CASUALTY PROVINCE

GIA DINH

DATE OF CASUALTY

04/13/1967

HOME OF RECORD

PEORIA

COUNTY OF RECORD

Peoria County

STATE

IL

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

1LT

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LEFT FOR CHARLES DUFFY BLACK
POSTED ON 8.19.2022
POSTED BY: Frederick B. McKenzie, LTC, USArmy Retired

Remembering 'Blackie'

Assigned to 4/47th, 9th Inf Div in Aug66 I soon met 'Blackie', a great wit, gregarious, friend, the kind of officer everyone sought to be associated. Remember his getting married before deployment and missing his presence at the club, went to an old KS hardware store, bought a 'milking pail' and filled it with non-sensical useless gifts household gifts, just to make him & his new bride laugh. Blackie was one of the first officer losses in the Bn, several of us visited him in Long Bien Evac Hospital, the next day we learned he passed, it was devastating news to the entire unit. I morn his loss to this day.
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POSTED ON 6.25.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris

do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....
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POSTED ON 4.13.2019
POSTED BY: Janice Current

An American Hero

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Thank you for stepping up and answering your country's call. Rest easy knowing you will never be forgotten.
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POSTED ON 3.25.2017
POSTED BY: Lucy Conte Micik

THANKS

DEAR LIEUTENANT BLACK,
THANK YO FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN INFANTRY UNIT COMMANDER. IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. MANY OF US HAVE BEGUN OUR JOURNEY TO EASTER. AND YOU ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS.
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POSTED ON 2.27.2015
POSTED BY: LTC Ronald J. Bower

HMDC 2-66

Duffy was one of six of us as 2LTs who were selected for a special assignment as GO Aides prior to starting the Heavy Mortar and Davy Crockett Course at Ft Benning. Duffy will always be remembered for his great sense of humor coupled with his strong sense of duty. We only knew each other for those eight short weeks but I know he lives on in he memories of Lts. Baraniack, Kratzenberg, Bower and the other who served with him at the start of our duty to our great country. I visit his name each year on Memorial Day and leave him with my prayers and thanks for his friendship.
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