Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 16-Jul-1947
Hometown: Red Wing, Minnesota
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 17-Oct-1966
Start of tour: 27-Jul-1967
Incident date: 8-Dec-1967
Date of casualty: 8-Dec-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Charles Lee Hauschildt died from metal fragment wound received while driver of military vehicle on combat operation when hit by fragments from anti-tank mine.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC George Nicholas Fanis Jr
PFC Charles Lee Hauschildt
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Minnesota, USA
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