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CHARLES ERNEST KOBERLEIN
Seaman · U.S. Navy
January 29, 1948 – October 9, 1970
Service recordCharles Ernest Koberlein, of Swan Lake, New York, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 121
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 62
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Swan Lake, New York (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 121
- WILLIAM E JOHNSTONSergeant · October 9, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES MCLAURINStaff Sergeant · October 9, 1970
- JACK ARMOND PERRYLance Corporal · October 9, 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.