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CHARLES ANTHONY MARIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1948 – July 3, 1968
Service recordCharles Anthony Maria, of Ferndale, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 3
- JAMES L M LITTLER IIICaptain · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND SHARP LOFTUS IIICorporal · July 3, 1968
- WILLIAM GRADY MONCRIEFWarrant Officer 1 · July 3, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 40
- JIMMIE HANKERSONPrivate · Panel 54W, Line 40
- LAWRENCE NELSON CONEYSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 41
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 2
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · Panel 53W, Line 5
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 5
- CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 6
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
From Ferndale
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PAUL JOHN SALMINENSergeant · July 24, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 1971
- GEORGE CHARLES YOSHONISPrivate First Class · May 16, 1971
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.