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CHARLES DAVID RAILING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1945 – July 12, 1967
Service recordCharles David Railing, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 62
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 62
- MILFORD GERALD MCKEEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- FLOYD RUSSELL NOEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- SALVATORE FRANK POLIZZIPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
From Chambersburg
- PIERRE LEROY SULLIVANSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- JAY THOMAS DILLERSergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROGER ALAN BARNHARTLance Corporal · December 12, 1970
- FRED BRYAN ROSENBERRYSergeant · April 3, 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.