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CHARLES EDWARD BOGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1947 – March 6, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Boggs, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 26
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
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 26
- RONALD AARON WILLIAMSCorporal · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- HOWARD B CARPENTERSergeant · March 6, 1967
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 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.