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CHARLES DAVID RAVER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1949 – May 17, 1968
Service recordCharles David Raver, of Phoenix, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 10
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 10
- DALE L POSEYSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- STEPHEN WAYNE QUINNCorporal · May 17, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY RALPH JRCaptain · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD REINERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
From Phoenix
- DENNIS LEE PICKARDPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.