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CHARLES EDWARD DRAEMER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1948 – May 30, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Draemer, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 15
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 63W, Line 15
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- GERALD ALAN COLLISSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- JAMES DAVISSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- IGNACIO DURANPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- BILLIE HOWARD FULK JRSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.