{{short description|Intelligence analyst in the United States Army}} {{Infobox military person |name = Chuck Searcy |image = Chuck Searcy.webp |caption = Searcy in 2017 |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1944|10}} |birth_place = Anniston, Alabama, U.S. |branch = {{army|United States}} |service_years = 1966–1969 }}
'''Chuck Searcy''' (born October 1944)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubF3EAAAQBAJ|title=The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam|page=44|first=George|last=Black|date=March 28, 2023|isbn=9780593534113|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|via=Google Books}}</ref> is a retired intelligence analyst in the United States Army.
== Life and career == Searcy was born in Anniston, Alabama, the son of Hayes and Carolyn Searcy. He was a radio announcer during the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/981010583/|title=Searcy: A radical need to soothe effects of war (The Chuck Searcy file)|work=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=June 21, 1998|access-date=March 19, 2024|page=332|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Searcy served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1969.<ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=https://dovefund.org/Veteran_Chuck_Searcy.htm|title=D.O.V.E. Fund – Honorary Member, Veteran|work=The D.O.V.E. Fund|access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> After his discharge, he lingered in Germany.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/424358065/|title=Making Amends: Veteran Chuck Searcy works to help Vietnamese heal from the wounds of war|work=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=May 29, 2016|access-date=March 19, 2024|page=E6|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> In 1970, he returned to Athens, Georgia and enrolled at the University of Georgia, earning his B.A. degree in political science.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/world/asia/vietnam-demining-chuck-searcy.html|title=An American Who Has Helped Clear 815,000 Bombs From Vietnam|work=The New York Times|first=Seth|last=Mydans|date=March 15, 2024|access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref>
Searcy was executive director of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/local/2014/09/14/vietnam-vet-chuck-searcy-works-clean-us-bomb-legacy-vietnam/15519161007/|title=Vietnam vet Chuck Searcy works to clean up U.S. bomb legacy in Vietnam|work=Athens Banner-Herald|first=Lee|last=Shearer|date=September 13, 2014|access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> for six years.
In 2001, Searcy founded Project Renew,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3398225/war-to-peace/|title=War to Peace|magazine=Time|first1=David|last1=Stout|first2=Quang|last2=Tri|date=September 18, 2014|access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> a group that helps remove unexploded bombs in Quảng Trị province.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://flagpole.com/news/pub-notes/2023/04/26/a-visit-from-an-old-friend-chuck-searcy/|title=A Visit From an Old Friend, Chuck Searcy|work=Flagpole|date=April 26, 2023|access-date=March 19, 2024|first=Pete|last=McCommons}}</ref>
In 2003, Searcy was awarded the Vietnam Friendship Medal.<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" />
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