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CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1941 – March 5, 1966
Service recordCharles Eugene Anderson, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 112
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 112
- RAY MAX BARNWELLSpecialist Five · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE JOE BRAMLETSergeant · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 125
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
- ROBERT ELVIS STALLINGSPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
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.