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CHARLES ALAN HOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 2, 1949 – August 12, 1969
Service recordCharles Alan Hood, of Painesville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Painesville, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 15
- RICHARD LEE HARDESTYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JONATHAN PAUL HASHFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- JEREMIAH MICHAEL HAYES JRSpecialist Five · August 12, 1969
- RAY EARL HOMBELLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
From Painesville
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BUDD EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROLAND RALPH JOHNCorporal · March 1, 1967
- HARRY D HUSTON JRCorporal · September 24, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MERRIAMSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- EUGENE PIZZINO IISergeant · March 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGSPrivate · June 5, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.