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CHARLES DOUGLAS DRYSDALE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1949 – January 26, 1969
Service recordCharles Douglas Drysdale, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 83
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)
- Born
- February 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 83
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · January 26, 1969
- RUSSELL LLOYD EQUISecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- WILLARD JAMES EVANSSergeant · January 26, 1969
- JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGANPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.