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CHARLES DOUGLAS ANNIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1950 – April 9, 1970
Service recordCharles Douglas Annis, of Bell, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 110
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
- Fleet Satcom Terminal Operator (2535)
- Born
- March 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Bell, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 110
- CRAIG ALDEN VANAKINSpecialist Five · April 8, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH YEAGERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD ABBOTTPrivate · April 9, 1970
- NICK ALFRED AGUILAR JRCorporal · April 9, 1970
From Bell
- WINFORD MCCOSARLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- PHILIP SMITH JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- GLENN PAUL MCADOOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- THOMAS GUY BURGECaptain · January 28, 1969
- ROBERT D ARNALLCorporal · December 28, 1970
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.