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CHARLES DAVID KERR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1946 – December 16, 1967
Service recordCharles David Kerr, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 11
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- May 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 11
- KENNETH HAROLD CARPENTERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- WILLIE KNOWLES JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- KENNETH DONALD KRALICKStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1967
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 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.