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CHARLES EDWARD COLLENE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1946 – May 12, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Collene, of Bucyrus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 93
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
- Armored Amphibian Crewman (1831)
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Bucyrus, Ohio (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 93
- ROBERT BERNTSENPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK CLOVER JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
From Bucyrus
- ELIJAH HENRY SMITHSergeant · March 23, 1967
- EDWARD ALVA SHARROCKSpecialist Four · March 23, 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.