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CHARLES EUGENE SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1948 – October 15, 1968
Service recordCharles Eugene Smith, of Hapeville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 65
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Hapeville, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 65
- GARY JAMES PALMERPrivate · October 15, 1968
- HARRY LEE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · October 15, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY RIFFLESpecialist Four · October 15, 1968
- OLLIE RAY STAPLETONSpecialist Four · October 15, 1968
From Hapeville
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- KENNETH RONALD HUNTERCaptain · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- HAROLD LEE WALTONLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- ERIC EUGENE GITTENSSpecialist Five · November 2, 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.