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CHARLES EDWARD TATE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1949 – April 30, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Tate, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 23
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
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 23
- EDWARD MINOT SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- SAMUEL ARNOLD SINGERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- RAYMOND ERNEST STANLEYCorporal · April 30, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.