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CHARLES EDWARD MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1949 – March 29, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Martin, of East Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 83
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- East Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- 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
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 83
- MARK DUANE MARSHALLCorporal · March 29, 1969
- JAMES MARION MCKINLEYCorporal · March 29, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL MERMEJOPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- RONALD RAY MEYERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
From East Gadsden
- GRADY E MCBRIDE IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
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.