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CHARLES EARL DYKE

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

March 6, 1946 – March 28, 1967

Service record

Charles Earl Dyke, of Drums, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 17E · Line 61

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Service

Branch: U.S. Marine Corps
Rank: Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service: Reserve / National Guard
Occupation: Rifleman (0311)
Born: March 6, 1946
Home of record: Drums, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)

Casualty

Date of death: March 28, 1967
Age: 21
Province: Thua Thien
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Killed in Action
Circumstance: Small Arms Fire

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32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 17E, Line 61

STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
OTIS RANDOLPH ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 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.