Rank: Private First Class
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 8-Sep-1948
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 14-Mar-1967
Start of tour: 21-Aug-1967
Incident date: 6-Mar-1968
Date of casualty: 6-Mar-1968
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Charles Henry Batozynski died as a result of injury received when a hostile force was encountered while passenger on a military vehicle during a mine sweep. / (Individual transported to 7th Surgical Hospital, Blackhorse base camp, Long Giao.)
Five Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Charles Henry Batozynski
SP4 Jerry Allen Beatty
SP4 Floyd McFadden
SP4 John Bernard Shank
CPT Gregory Kent Whitehouse
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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