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CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1943 – March 4, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Murray, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- October 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 18
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- FRANK DAVID WILEYMajor · March 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY BERRYCaptain · March 5, 1967
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- WILLIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
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.