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CHARLES ALBERT SLAGER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1946 – October 18, 1966
Service recordCharles Albert Slager, of Berwyn, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Berwyn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 89
- DAVID LESTER DENNYPrivate First Class · October 18, 1966
- BRUCE LAMAR SIMPSONPrivate First Class · October 18, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- HUBERT TUCK JRPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1966
From Berwyn
- GEORGE THOMAS SUBERTPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- ROBERT RONALD SWANPrivate · September 1, 1967
- LEE BRIAN JARVISSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RASSANOSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- GARY EDWARD BECKERSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · June 7, 1968
- PETER STEVEN TYRKAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 1969
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.