The Wall › Panel 21E › Iowa › Charles Edward Gradoville
CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1947 – June 16, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Gradoville, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 112
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 112
- JOHN EDWARD CAMINOPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- HERBERT RAY ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.