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CHARLES EUGENE SILLAWAY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1941 – October 17, 1967
Service recordCharles Eugene Sillaway, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 31
- JACKIE ECHOLS SHUBERTPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- DANIEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- LUTHER AUGUSTUS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1967
- THEODORE DAVE THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.