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CHARLES BRENT HORTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordCharles Brent Horton, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 102
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 102
- LESLIE VERNARD HURLEBAUSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- JULIO A IGLESIAS IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHNNIE WOODROW KELLEYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 1968
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.