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CHARLES F AZARA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1942 – August 24, 1966
Service recordCharles F Azara JR, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 32
- KENNETH PETER TIERNEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DENNIS WELDON WELLMANNLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SANDERSONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
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.