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CHARLES ALTON POE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1949 – August 10, 1969
Service recordCharles Alton Poe, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 125
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 125
- LARRY DALE MCGHEESpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- RONALD ROBERT OZIMEKPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- CARL ALFRED PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 10, 1969
- PAUL GEORGE PLACZEKCorporal · August 10, 1969
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.