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CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1947 – January 26, 1967
Service recordCharles Clinton Curtis JR, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 80
- GARY THOMAS FRALEYPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DELL CONLEY GEISEHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- ALLAN GUINNPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- CLIFTON ODELL HAIRSTONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · October 4, 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.