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CHARLES EDWARD SCATES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1949 – May 18, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Scates JR, of Newton, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 1
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
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Newton, Kansas (Harvey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 1
- CARL FREDRICK SCHMALZ JRSergeant · May 18, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHARPEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- CARL EUGENE SHIRLEYSergeant · May 18, 1968
- HOWARD RAY SPITZERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
From Newton
- JAMES LEEROY NORTHROPSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES SOUTHERNPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS MARTINEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1969
- JOSE LLAMASCaptain · August 19, 1969
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.